I have to obtain the user's birth month in int form and store as variable for print out later

Question

Here is the code I have.

//input

    System.out.println("Using numbers, in what month were you born? ");

    String **userMonth** = input.nextLine();

// also tried int **userMonth** = input.nextInt();

It does not work either way.

userMonth will not "activate?" (sorry noob and don't know all terms)

When tried to call later in program error:

    if (userMonth < 3) {
    System.out.println("Your vacation home is a van down by a river!"); 
    }

//userMonth cannot be resolved to variable

Does this answer your question? [How do I convert a String to an int in Java?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5585779/how-do-i-convert-a-string-to-an-int-in-java) — Gautham M, Mar 14 '21 at 15:27
No my code is not making userMonth into an object where when I try to reference it later it does not connect to the variable. — Lee Powell, Mar 14 '21 at 15:48
Could you please post the full code. are you using `userMonth<3` in the same method where you do `String userMonth = input.nextLine();` ? — Gautham M, Mar 14 '21 at 15:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '21 at 16:50

Very odd that your variables are showing up as **varName** instead of varName.

First use:

int userMonth = 0; // initialize variable.
userMonth = input.nextInt();

But it does not consume the newline ('ENTER').

Therefore, immediately after, consume the newline character via:

input.nextLine();

Also make sure Scanner was declared as

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

Don't forget to close the scanner at the end of program

input.close();

I have to obtain the user's birth month in int form and store as variable for print out later

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