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ebrahem anwar
415 Pointsplease i don't understand the Question
Create a new int variable that is named answer. Store the integer version of answerToLife in it.
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1 String answerToLife = "42"; 2 int answar = Integer.parseInt("answerToLife");
String answerToLife = console.readLine("answerToLife");
int answar = Integer.parseInt("answerToLife");
2 Answers

Raymond Wach
7,961 PointsYou do understand the question correctly, but the problem is that your solution does not create a new int
variable named answer
. Your code creates a variable named "answ_a_r" and this does not pass the test for the question because it is looking for the literal name "answer" and not just an int
with the correct value.

mrben
8,068 PointsThe problem might be that you have int answar
instead of int answer
.