Can somebody explain me what is wrong with my code? It does not compile because it takes the && as the part of a boolean (?)

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package com.codegym.task.task04.task0411;

/*
Seasons on Terra

*/

public class Solution {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        checkSeason(12);
        checkSeason(4);
        checkSeason(7);
        checkSeason(10);
    }

    public static void checkSeason(int month) {
        if (month=12&&month<=2)
        {
        System.out.println("winter");
        }
        if(month >=3&&month<=5)
        {
        System.out.println("spring");
        }
        if(month>=6&&month<= 8)
        {
        System.out.println("summer");
        }
if (month>=9&&month<=11)
        {
        System.out.println("autumn");
        }
    }

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Skynet

Level 40 , USA

1 November 2019, 09:40

Once you know about arrays, you can also complete such tasks like this: String seasons[] = {"winter","spring","summer","autumn"}; System.out.println(seasons[(month % 12) / 3]);

Radames Sanchez

Level 5 , Las Vegas, United States

26 October 2019, 19:21

thank you gagnon

Guadalupe Gagnon

Level 37 , Tampa, United States

26 October 2019, 05:27

The assignment operator is the equals '=' sign To check for equality you need the double equals '==' Your first if statement you are trying to set month to 12 and not checking for equality and the code crashes because the AND '&&' operator only works with Boolean values and not ints. a tip to make your code more readable: use if else statements and you don't need to check the ground and ceiling of every possible variation:

if (month==12&&month<=2) // this sets the floor
   System.out.println("winter");
else if(month<=5) // checks the ceiling of the next group
   System.out.println("spring");
else if(month<= 8) // checks the ceiling of the next group
   System.out.println("summer");
else // all else
   System.out.println("autumn");

'if-else if' statements work in sequential order and will execute the first if block that is true and stop (or the else block if none of them are true).