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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Learning the Language Objects and Random Numbers

Posted by Emir Roseley
Emir Roseley
337 Points

Stuck at challenge task 4 of 4!

I'm still a bit unclear of the purpose of declaring a string named intAsString,as well as how to go about it.

I am a bit loss as to the definition of "variable" and "class", as well as their purpose in Java codings.

Regards

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you can declare a string like so:

String someString = "some string";

however in your case you need to convert the integer variable you created previously (randomNumber) to a string using the toString method of the Integer class (it takes an integer as an argument). since its a class method you call it like this (Note: the following code is just an example, you will have to make a few changes to make it work for your challenge)

   int myInt = 10;
   String someString =  Integer.toString(myInt);