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Donald Meeks
562 PointsLost here
I am completely lost on the exercise. I understand what I am supposed to do but I don't know what code to use.
int answer = answerToLife;
int answer = Integer.parseInt(answerToLife);
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Trent Christofferson
18,846 PointsWhen you do
int answer = answerToLife;
this will not work because answer is of type int and answerToLife is of type String. All you need is your second line
int answer = Integer.parseInt(answerToLife);
Donald Meeks
562 PointsDonald Meeks
562 PointsThank you that worked for me. I thought it was glitch when it kept repopulating that on line of code at the top.