incompatible types int need string

Question

I need it to be an int to return but it keeps saying

----jGRASP exec: javac -g CSCD210Lab8Functions.java

CSCD210Lab8Functions.java:118: incompatible types
found   : int
required: java.lang.String
      return finalExam;





 public static String readFinalScore(Scanner kb)
   {int finalExam;
      do{
         kb.nextLine();
         System.out.print("Enter the score of the final-->");
         finalExam = kb.nextInt();
         kb.nextLine();
         if (finalExam<0)
         {System.out.print("Invalid answer please try again " );}
      }while(finalExam<0);
      return finalExam;

i casted it as an int and then kb.nextInt not sure why it's freaking out

Answer 1

public static String readFinalScore(Scanner kb) // return type String
{int finalExam; // finalExam is int
...
return finalExam;   // returning int value when it expects String

return type is String and finalExam is int.

Change to

public static int readFinalScore(Scanner kb)