Thread: 'local variable hides a field'

I'm getting this error when trying to set the value of an int to a specific user input with the scanner. here's my code:

package coinflip;
 
import java.util.Scanner;
 
public class CoinFlip
{
     public int userinput;
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Creates first coin object, and flips it. 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void main (String[] args)
   {
           Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
           System.out.println("Enter the desired number of flips.");
           int userinput = scan.nextInt();
 
               }
   {
      Coin c1 = new Coin();
 
     c1.flip();
      c1. getvalue();
      System.out.println(c1.getvalue());
 
 
      Coin c2 = new Coin();
      c2.getvalue();
      System.out.println(c2.getvalue());
 
      if (c1.getvalue() > c2.getvalue()) {
      System.out.println ("Tails! Player 2 Wins!");
      }
      else if (c1.getvalue() < c2.getvalue()) {
          System.out.println("Heads! Player 1 Wins");
      }
     else if (c1.getvalue() == c2.getvalue()) {
          System.out.println("Tie!");
 
 
   }
      }
 
 
}

//********************************************************************
//  Coin.java       Author: Lewis/Loftus
//
//  Represents a coin with two sides that can be flipped.
//********************************************************************
 
package coinflip;
 
public class Coin
{
   private final int HEADS = 0;
   private final int TAILS = 1;
 
   private int face; 
   private int p1wins = 0;
   private int p2wins =0;
   private int ties = 0;
 
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Sets up the coin by flipping it initially.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public Coin ()
 
   {
      flip();
   }
 
   public int p1; //increment p1win each time player 1 wins, must be tied into flip
   {
       p1wins++;
   }
   public int p2; //incremnt p2win each time players 1 wins, must be tied into flip
   {
       p2wins++;
   }
   public int tie;
   {
       ties++;
   }
 
   public int getvalue ()
   {
       return face; 
   }
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Flips the coin by randomly choosing a face value.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void flip ()
   {
      face = (int) (Math.random() * 2);
   }
   {
       System.out.println("Face is: "+ face);
   }
}

I also need advice as for how to tell the program to repeat the coinflip a certain number of times. Would this be through a conditional statement? I think it is, but I can;t find one that seems to work.

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