incompatible types: void cannot be converted to int

[Denirulz]

package input;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Input {


public static void main(String[] args) {
int user;
user = JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Enter Your Age""); ERROR IS HERE

if(user <= 18) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "User is legit");
}
else {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "User is not legit");
}
}
}

Hello, can you please help me about this code, I'm new to Java, I'm getting this error message :

incompatible types: void cannot be converted to int

unclosed string literal

Thanks a lot!!!

[Joe4296]

are you getting an error with "int user;" because I'm fairly certain you should be... Try a variable, for instance:
String x = JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Enter Your Age"");
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, x); <----------- this will bounce back whatever you typed in

as far as your: "if(user <= 18) {" line goes, you need to use something that will match whatever number you typed in literally, its not a 1 or 0 or true or false, there are infinitely many answers rather than two if that makes sense.

[Denirulz]

Hey Joe, thanks for answer, I'm not getting error with int user; line , only at user = JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Enter Your Age""); and it says incompatible types: void cannot be converted to int. I tried your method with variable String and still won't work. Says void cannot be converted to String.

--- Update ---

Update ;

Actually I'm not getting error on that line no more, I'm getting error on if(user <= 18) { now. It says : bad operand types for binary operator <=

first type : String
second type : int

[Joe4296]

One of the problems is the actual line JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Enter Your Age""); you close it with a double "", one should be removed, secondly, if you want someone to type in their answer, the line you want is going to be JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter Your Age"); Also, the "Enter Your Age" is going to come out as a String if I cam correct, which means it it cannot be, or easily, converted to int for your (user <= 18) statement.

Here is what I came up with, it still doesn't literally match age, but it "should" tell you if you are legit or not, and what you input... its up to you to fix it

Update: I figured it out, only took a little googling, I will share if you like, but its up too you...

 package Writer;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Sample {
 
 
public static void main(String[] args) {
	String z = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Enter Your Age");
	{
		if(z == "18")
		{
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "User is legit, user's age is" + z);
		}
		else if(z != "18")
		{
		JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "User is not legit, user's age is " + z);
		}
	}
   }
}

[Denirulz]

Update ;

user = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Ente r Your Age")); this let me execute program now, thanks!

[Joe4296]

Update ;

user = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Ente r Your Age")); this let me execute program now, thanks!

It works? Nice, what was this program for might I ask?

[Denirulz]

It works? Nice, what was this program for might I ask?

Just a simple one, I've been learning Java for like 3 hours now lol so i tried some simple thing.
First it pops up dialog and ask for your age, if you're under 18 it shows another dialog with text :User is legit and if you're 18 it shows you are not legit etc, the basic one mate, ty for help anyway gl !