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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Prompting for Guesses

Posted by varun singh
varun singh
Courses Plus Student 1,087 Points

getting null Exception error when run the code.. ./Prompter.java:1: error: cannot find symbol

./Prompter.java:1: error: cannot find symbol
import java.io.console;
^
./Prompter.java:12: error: incompatible types: String cannot be converted to boolean
String guessAsString = console.readline("Enter a letter: ");
^
Note: Some messages have been simplified; recompile with -Xdiags:verbose to get full output
1 error

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

Hey Varun can you post your entire code?

2 Answers

Athanasios Kourtzis
Athanasios Kourtzis
6,437 Points
Athanasios Kourtzis
Athanasios Kourtzis
6,437 Points

Without knowing how your code looks like I guess, from reading your error message, that your import on top of your code should be like this

import java.io.Console;

The letter c should be uppercase. Since you have the error message "./Prompter.java:1: error: cannot find symbol import java.io.console; " fixing the typo should be enough.

Thomas Domajnko
Thomas Domajnko
607 Points
Thomas Domajnko
Thomas Domajnko
607 Points

You also forgot to capitalise the C in that line. ;)