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Java

Posted by Patrick Feike
Patrick Feike
42 Points

I hava a Problem, with the pointer. The Console showś

Exceptions in thread "main" java.lang.NullpointerException

at Helloworld.main(Helloworld.java:13)

import java.io.Console;

public class Helloworld {

/**
 * @param args
 */
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    //System.out.println("Hello world123");
    // My first 
    Console console = System.console();
    console.printf("Hello my name ist Patric");
}

}

1 Answer

J.D. Sandifer
J.D. Sandifer
18,813 Points
J.D. Sandifer
J.D. Sandifer
18,813 Points

Are you using a Treehouse workspace or something else? There are some IDEs that don't have a console setup by default. Thus System.console() might return null and give you that error.

Try the code in a workspace if you're not already doing that. Otherwise, maybe reload the workspace?