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Kate Dougherty
8,334 PointsError when running in jShell
I have a problem similar to ones other people have already reported. I get an error in jshell, but I do have all the required code, including in the main Hangman file.
Thank you.
1 Answer
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Dan Bearden
24,231 PointsMaybe if you paste the exact error you are having it might help. I just forked your workspace and made no changes, yet I was able to run it.
treehouse:~/workspace$ jshell
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Jul 07, 2017 10:51:54 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$1 run
INFO: Created user preferences directory.
| Welcome to JShell -- Version 9-ea
| For an introduction type: /help intro
jshell> /open Game.java
jshell> Game game = new Game("treehouse");
game ==> Game@c038203
jshell> game.applyGuess('t');
$3 ==> true
Mohib Arsala
7,123 PointsMohib Arsala
7,123 PointsI am faced with similar error such as below,
| illegal character: '\u00b4'
| example.indexOf(´e´) != -1
| ^