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Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
8,838 Points

Java Basics - Error method readline in class Console cannot be applied to give types;

So I am doing Java Basics and I am on the Parsing Integers video. I copied exactly what the video said.

Here is my code: 

String ageAsString = console.readline("How old are you? ");
      int age = Integer.parseInt(ageAsString); 
      if (age < 13) {
          //Exit code
          console.printf("Sorry you must be at least 13 to use this program.\n");
          System.exit(0);
        }

This is the error it gave me:

TreeStory.java:13: error: method readline in class Console cannot be applied to given types;                                                                                                                     
      String ageAsString = console.readline("How old are you? ");                                                                                                                                                
                                  ^                                                                                                                                                                              
  required: boolean                                                                                                                                                                                              
  found: String                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  reason: argument mismatch; String cannot be converted to boolean                                                                                                                                               
1 error

Thanks if you can help!

Max ;)

2 Answers

Michael De Marre
Michael De Marre
14,198 Points

readLine() is case sensitive. You have it written as readline(). Try capitalizing the L. There is actually another method titled readline() for a different type of class (Console for readLine, BufferedReader for readline).

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
8,838 Points

Thank you Micheal! ;)

Gunjeet Hattar
Gunjeet Hattar
14,483 Points
Gunjeet Hattar
Gunjeet Hattar
14,483 Points

Hi Max,

Change readline to read*L*ine .. capitalise the L and check if it works