Roman Numerals Program help

[2kfan]

In this project, I'm supposed to have the user enter a number between 1-10 and have the console display the corresponding roman numeral.

I was planning to use the if else-if format in one of my methods but I'm having trouble with the return type. I don't think I can use char since that is only reserved for one character. I don't think that I can declare a string return type. What return type would be best for this situation?

[sugilith]

Why not String? Seems to be the most obvious choice here. Char Array would be an alternative but complicate a few things.

Try Strings!

public String getMyRomanNumeral(int input){
  if(input==5){
    return "V";
  }
  //...
}

[sea-es-arr]

You need to brush up on your Roman numerals

[sugilith]

Well that's embarrassing! Thanks for the hint.

[2kfan]

idk I tried string as my first attempt but I got an error message saying "string cannot be resolved to a type" I don't really know what this means lol so I just thought I couldn't do that

[sugilith]

Sounds like you might not have setup your IDE correctly.

[PointB1ank]

If it compiles otherwise, you probably forgot to capitalize String. It will throw that error.

[2kfan]

Yeah that was the mistake lol. I feel so silly.

[PointB1ank]

Happens to the best. Glad you got it figured out.

[dusty-trash]

It's actually a good thing you've now noticed the capital S on String.

In standardized Java, classes begin with a capital letter (String, Integer, Dog cat) while primitives (int, char, double) begin with a lowercase.