help me out am kinda new to java and can't figure out these errors..

[fireman]

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;


public class calculator{



static String a= JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"assign a value to A");
int A=Integer.parseInt(a);

static String b= JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "assign a value to B");
int B=Integer.parseInt(b);




public static void add(){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, " A plus B is equal to...");
int answer = a+b;

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,answer);
}
public static void multiply(){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "A multiplied by B is equal to..");
int answer=a*b;

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,answer);
}
public static void divide(){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "A dividde by B is eqaul to...");
int answer=a/b;

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,answer);
}
public static void sub(){
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "A minus B is equal to..");
int answer=a-b;

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,answer);
}

}

when i compile i get these errors:
calculator.java:19: incompatible types
found : java.lang.String
required: int
int answer=a+b;
^
calculator.java:25: operator * cannot be applied to java.lang.String,java.lang.String
int answer=a*b;
^
calculator.java:31: operator / cannot be applied to java.lang.String,java.lang.String
int answer=a/b;
^
calculator.java:37: operator - cannot be applied to java.lang.String,java.lang.String
int answer=a-b;
^

[Fubarable]

From this code:

static String a= JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"assign a value to A");
int A=Integer.parseInt(a);

Which variable holds a String and which variable holds an int?

And from this code:

int answer = a*b;

What are you trying to do math on, ints or Strings?

And knowing the above, doesn't this error message make sense?

operator * cannot be applied to java.lang.String,java.lang.String

Also, please make your variable names comply with Java conventions and all start with lower case letters.

Also, you seem to be making some variables static and some non-static. Understand that you can only use static variables within static methods. This may be why you are using the wrong variables for your math equations.

[Tolls]

Also, you seem to be making some variables static and some non-static. Understand that you can only use static variables within static methods. This may be why you are using the wrong variables for your math equations.

I think you missed the non- in those bolded bits.

[Fubarable]

I think you missed the non- in those bolded bits.

Yep, my bad, and thanks for the catch!