Type mismatch: cannot convert from int to int[] error in Java code

Question

I'm receiving an error on the following Java code:

public int[] maxEnd3(int[] nums) {
  int larger = Math.min(nums[0],nums[2]);
  return larger;
}

 Error: int larger [] = Math.min(nums[0],nums[2]); ^^^^^^ Type mismatch: cannot convert from int to int[]

Why am I not able to calculate the minimum of 2 array values?

Answer 1

if you want to return the larger in an array then change the return of the method maxEnd3 to int and not array of int..

public int maxEnd3(int[] nums) {
  int larger = Math.min(nums[0],nums[2]);
  return larger;
}

Answer 2

Your return type is int[], so it is expecting int[] but you are returning a "large" which is an int. Try changing your return type to int or make "large" int[].