Incompatible types

[coltragon]

Hello,
i was making a hangman game because i thought this was fun and good for practicing with java.

Now i started, but soon im getting an error

it is this error

Incompatbile types
Required: char
Found: Java.lang.string

i tried googlin' it but it seems to be an error that depens on my code.

so here is my code:

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package javaapplication5;

/**
 *
 * @author Jesse Tielens
 */
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Main {


    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
       System.out.println("Payer 1, please choose a word that player has to guess");
       Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);// making an input scanner to get the word
       String str = input.nextLine();
       System.out.println("Player 1 has chosen a word; Player 2. You can now tyr to guess it");
       str.toCharArray();// convert the String to an array(i think i need this later to guess the words)
       Scanner guess = new Scanner(System.in);// make a new scanner for player 2 to enter characters
       char letter = guess.nextLine();// here is error!!
    }

}

Anybody know what i'm doing wrong?

[JosAH]

Read the API documentation for the Scanner.nextLine() method: it returns a String and you are trying to assign that to a variable of type char; that was what your compiler was trying to tell you.

kind regards,

Jos

[coltragon]

ok now i understand, i checked the API but can't find anything that gets input for a char you know one?

[JosAH]

ok now i understand, i checked the API but can't find anything that gets input for a char you know one?

Readers can read single characters but beware: standard input is line buffered so you always need to type <enter> to stop the Reader from reading from that character stream. Scanners are far too 'sofisticated' to read single characters. Read the API documentation for the InputStreamReader; it converts simple byte oriented InputStreams to character oriented Readers. You can wrap that basic Reader in a BufferedReader if you want.

kind regards,

Jos

[Tolls]

Just take in a String and check that it is only 1 character long (String has a length property).

[coltragon]

wow thanks, you're really helpful.