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Thread: Why am i getting this error?

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    Default Why am i getting this error?

    Iam very new to programming and am trying to make a simple game(for my final) where a user has to pick a path and depending on the path he takes he will either live or die. i get this error
    symbol : variable badPath
    location: class FinalS1
    if (Path == badPath)

    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.util.Random;
     
    public class FinalS1
    {
    	public static void main (String[] args)
    	{
    	Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    	int Path;
     
    	System.out.println(" ________         __                            ");
    	System.out.println("|  |  |  |.-----.|  |.----.-----.--------.-----.");
    	System.out.println("|  |  |  ||  -__||  ||  __|  _  |        |  -__|");
    	System.out.println("|________||_____||__||____|_____|__|__|__|_____|");
     
     
    	System.out.println("Press Enter to Start");
    	scan.nextLine();
    	System.out.println("Press Enter to go to the next line"); //Pressing Enter will make it go to next line
    	scan.nextLine();
    	System.out.println("This is an adventure game, don't die!");
    	scan.nextLine();
     
    	System.out.println(" ~~~~~~~~~ ");
    	System.out.println("{ Level 1 }");
    	System.out.println(" ~~~~~~~~~ ");
    	scan.nextLine();
     
    	Level myLevel = new Level();
    	myLevel.badPath();
     
    	System.out.println("Pick the correct path");
    	scan.nextLine();
    	System.out.println("Path 1 or Path 2");
     
    	Path=scan.nextInt();
     
    		if (Path == badPath)
    		System.out.println("lose");
     
    	else 
    		System.out.println("win");
    }}

    import java.util.Random;
     
    public class Level
    {
    	public int Path=1, badPath;
    	Random gen = new Random();
     
    	public int badPath()
    	{
    		badPath = gen.nextInt(0) + 1;
    		return badPath;
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: Why am i getting this error?

    You need to include what type of error it was.

    Note: It's generally a bad idea to have a method and a variable with the same name. It can be confusing to anyone reading the code. Methods should be named as verbs (they do something), variables as nouns, naming the data they hold.
    If you don't understand my answer, don't ignore it, ask a question.

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