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Java Java Objects (Retired) Delivering the MVP Arrays and Command Line Arguments

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Posted by Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

How to get args[0] to work in an IDE?

I'm using an IDE(IntelliJ) and apparently the args command doesn't work. I used Game game = new Game(args[0]), but doing so, it went to the if block instead and exited the application.

Since I'm not using the command line to run the application, I cannot enter arguments like the way it's done in the video. How can I make it work in the IDE?

Timothy Boland
Timothy Boland
18,237 Points
Timothy Boland
Timothy Boland
18,237 Points

Hi Manish...Did you solve the problem?

1 Answer

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

In the menu Run you click on Edit Configurations... . In the text field "Program arguments" you simply type your arguments. The first argument will be args[0].

Hope this helps.