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Android

Objects and Random Numbers Challenge Part 4

Declare a String variable named intAsString. Convert the randomNumber integer to a String value and store it in the intAsString variable. Hint: Use the toString() method of the Integer class.

I hit a wall on this one guys. If you can give me some hints as to where to start I would appreciate it. Thanks!

3 Answers

You would think you might try:

intAsString = randomNumber.toString();

But you need something like:

Random randomGenerator;
randomGenerator = new Random();
int randomNumber = randomGenerator.nextInt(10);
String intAsString;
intAsString = Integer.toString(randomNumber);

I had one Java course so I may be wrong, but I think an integer is a primitive data type, meaning it isn't an object which has methods of its own. That's why you have to use the associated Integer class and one of its methods in this situation.

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Ah, just found this thread after replying in the other one. @Sam, thanks for chiming in! Hope that gave @Robert what he needed!

Thank you both very much! This helped a lot.