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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

kyle morgan
kyle morgan
313 Points
Posted by kyle morgan
kyle morgan
313 Points

cannot find symbol

What's this error from?

my console: Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Introductions.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java\n", fistName);
^
symbol: variable fistName
location: class Introductions
1 error

My code:

import java.io.Console;

public class Introductions {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console();
    // Welcome to the Introductions program!  Your code goes below here
    String firstName = "Ben";
  //thisIsAnExampleOfCamelCasing
    console.printf("Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName);
    console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java\n", fistName);

} }

kyle morgan
kyle morgan
313 Points
kyle morgan
kyle morgan
313 Points

Never mind. I found it right after I posted the question. I misspelled first name in line 11.