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Java

Posted by Cole Sadler
Cole Sadler
6,190 Points

Help TreeStory.java:31: error: variable noun is already defined in method

TreeStory.java:31: error: variable noun is already defined in method main(String[])
String noun = console.readLine("Enter a noun: ");
^
1 error

1 Answer

juanboniowski
juanboniowski
4,668 Points
juanboniowski
juanboniowski
4,668 Points

You must have string noun declared else where. You could change that variable's name eg string noun2=blah or remove the type eg noun=blah