title: java.lang.String cannot be converted to int... not sure what I'm doing wrong
body: <p>This is my second week in a Java course, so bear with me. I am trying to make a program that allows for a user input of "rock","paper", or "scissors." I am sure there are more efficient ways than what I have done, and I thought I was actually making progress, but now I stuck. </p>
  
  <p>My applicable knowledge to this program is limited to if and if-else statements as well as switch statements. I tried to get a user input for rock, paper, or scissors, convert that to a number, and compare that to a randomly generated number, with 0 representing rock, 1 representing paper, and 2 representing scissors. </p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.util.*;
  
  public class RockPaperScissors
  {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
  
          int computer;
  
         computer = (int)(Math.random() * 2 + 1);
  
         Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
  
         String player;
         System.out.println("Enter the word rock, paper, or scissors.");
         player = input.next();
  
      if (computer == 0) {       
             System.out.println("The computer chose rock.");
      }
      else if (computer == 1) {
             System.out.println("The compuer chose paper.");
      }
      else if (computer == 2) {
             System.out.println("The computer chose scissors.");
      }
  
  
      // personally starting from here is where I feel like I started to make mistakes.
      int rock = 0;
      int paper = 1;
      int scissors = 2;
      player = (int)player;
  
         switch (player) {
             case "r" : rock = 0;
             player = 0;
             break;
             case 'p' : paper = 1;
             player = 1;
             break;
             case 's' : scissors = 2;
             player = 2;
             break;
             default : System.out.println("Invalid input");
      }
  
      if (player == computer) {
            System.out.println("You tied") ;     
          }
      else if (player = 1 &amp;&amp; computer = 0 ^ player = 2 &amp;&amp; computer = 0) {
          System.out.println("You won");
          }
      else {
          System.out.println("You lost");
      }
  }
  }
  </code></pre>