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Android

Phil White
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Phil White
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Posted by Phil White
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 Points

Stuck on this question in Android development

Declare a String variable named intAsString. Convert the randomNumber integer to a String value and store it in the intAsString variable. Hint: "Moosh" them together like in the video!

Phil White
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 Points
Phil White
Phil White
Courses Plus Student 9,519 Points

This is the code you start with

Random randomGenerator = new Random();
int randomNumber = randomGenerator.nextInt(10);

2 Answers

Kate Hoferkamp
Kate Hoferkamp
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Kate Hoferkamp
Kate Hoferkamp
5,205 Points

When it says to "moosh them together" it wants you to concatenate it so that the String value overrides the int and automatically converts it to a String value.

All you have to do is 

String intAsString = "" + randomNumber;
Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
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Joseph Greevy
Joseph Greevy
4,990 Points

I may be getting mixed up with programming languages so forgive me if I am wrong but i believe the task is accomplished like so:

Random randomGenerator = new Random();
int randomNumber = randomGenerator.nextInt(3);
String intAsString = string(randomNumber);