Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Parsing Integers

what's wrong, please help

right now this is my code, "String ageAsString = console.readline("how old are you? "); int age = Integer.parseInt(ageAsString); if ( age < 13) { console.printf("sorry you must be at least 13 to use this code. \n" ); System.exit(0); } and I keep getting this error message, "Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
TreeStory.java:13: error: incompatible types: String cannot be converted to boolean
String ageAsString = console.readline("how old are you? "); ^

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
seal-mask
STAFF
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there, Kaden Currier! It looks like the problem is that you have a small typo. It's literally off by a single letter.

You typed this:

String ageAsString = console.readline("how old are you? ");

But you meant to type:

// Note readLine as opposed to readline
String ageAsString = console.readLine("how old are you? ");

There is a capitalization error on the readLine method. Make sure the "L" is capitalized.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: