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Android

Posted by Kae roe
Kae roe
341 Points

Can somebody please explain to me why this happens when I try to run anything

Cant find out why this is happening

http://imgur.com/D53vipq

2 Answers

miguelcastro2
PLUS
miguelcastro2
Courses Plus Student 6,573 Points
miguelcastro2
miguelcastro2
Courses Plus Student 6,573 Points

Because you are trying to build and run a Java class with code that is not at all Java. What you wrote is JSON, not Java.

Richard Ling
Richard Ling
8,522 Points
Richard Ling
Richard Ling
8,522 Points

Your file doesn't contain a class called index - you need to create something similar to the following:

import java.io.Console;

public class index {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console console = System.console();
        console.printf("Some nice family friendly text\n");
    }

}

This is then compiled with

javac index.java

and executed with

java index

as you have done. When java index is run, the code inside the main method is executed. This creates a console object, and from that you can use the printf method to output to the screen.