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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Parsing Integers

david vos
david vos
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Posted by david vos
david vos
1,479 Points

i do not understand this question. I've tried everything and it is always giving syntax errors

please help

ParsingInts.java 
String answerToLife = "42";
int answerToLife = Integer.parseInt(answerToLife);

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! You're doing fine, and your syntax is spot on, but you're trying to overwrite the value in answerToLife which was already declared. This will give a syntax error. The variable you make should simply be named answer. So if on the second line I change it from int answerToLife to int answer, your code passes the challenge!

Hope this helps! :sparkles: