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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by Vinay Shirke
Vinay Shirke
41 Points

Getting stuck on editor

JavaTester.java:128: error: illegal start of expression public class IO ^ 1 error

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.

public class IO
{

  public static void main(Strings[] args)
  {
    Console console = System.console();
    String firstName = console.readline("What is your name ");

    console.printf("Hi %s" , firstName);


  }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,695 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,695 Points

This code does something very different from what the instructions are asking for. This challenge doesn't require you to create a class, or a method, and it asks for a specific, and different, output format. And the comment still visible at the top tells you that the "console" variable has already been created for you, so you don't need to do it.

Try starting over, read and follow the instructions carefully, and don't do anything extra that is not asked for.