Thread: Having trouble with Character and Boolean

I am having trouble with an assignment, the requirements being I have to make a madlib containing every single bit of info we have learned, but I am struggling with getting Boolean and character to work correctly

These are the errors that pop up when I try to compile:
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C:\Users\jnhv6\Desktop\I wasn't paying attention\MadLib.java:44: error: variable rank is already defined in method main(String[])
char rank = 'A';
^
C:\Users\jnhv6\Desktop\I wasn't paying attention\MadLib.java:47: error: cannot find symbol
rank = rank.nextChar();
^
symbol: method nextChar()
location: variable rank of type Scanner
2 errors

Tool completed with exit code 1
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And this is the actual code:
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 import java.util.Scanner;
 public class MadLib
 {
	 public static void main(String[]args)
	 {
		 //declare and initialize variables
		 Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
		 String name = "";
 
		 //Prompt the user for information
		 System.out.println("What is your first name?");
		 name = keyboard.next();
		 keyboard.nextLine();
 
		 //Print out MadLib
		 System.out.println(name + " was walking through school one day"
		 + " minding your own business");
 
 
		 Scanner girl = new Scanner(System.in);
		 int number = 0;
 
		 System.out.println("When all of a sudden, (Choose a number)");
		 number = girl.nextInt();
		 girl.nextLine();
 
		 System.out.println(number + " girls randomly swarmed you asking for your autograph and number");
 
		 Scanner love = new Scanner (System.in);
		 double meter = 0;
 
		 System.out.println("They're love meters seem to be off the charts, clocking in at a whopping (Choose a number)");
		 meter = love.nextDouble();
		 love.nextLine();
 
		 System.out.println(meter + " love-ometers per millisecond!");
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
		 Scanner rank = new Scanner(System.in);
		 char rank = 'A';
 
		 System.out.println("Turns out, you had involuntarily taken a compatibility test, and you scored a (Choose a Letter)");
		rank = rank.nextChar();
		 rank.nextLine();
 
		 System.out.println(rank + " on the test, which was suprising to a lot of them!");
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		 Scanner great = new Scanner(System.in);
		 System.out.println("Turns out, the actual results of the test were");
		 boolean goof = false;
		 goof = great.nextBoolean();
		 great.nextLine();
 
		 System.out.println(great +" so, that was nice to know");
		 great.nextLine();
 
		 System.out.println("GAME OVER");
		 }
 
 
 }

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Please help, and thank you

variable rank is already defined in method main(String[])

There can only be one definition for a variable in a method.

   Scanner rank = new Scanner(System.in);    // defines rank as a Scanner object
   char rank = 'A';                            // defines rank as a char  <<<< Should use different name

error: cannot find symbol
rank = rank.nextChar();

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symbol: method nextChar()
location: variable rank of type Scanner

The compiler can not find that method in the Scanner class. Read the API doc for what methods the Scanner class has.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/