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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

ALICIA WEENUM
ALICIA WEENUM
51 Points
Posted by ALICIA WEENUM
ALICIA WEENUM
51 Points

It's giving me an error message once I complie it.

import java.io.Console;

public class Introductions {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console();
    // Welcome to the Introductions program!  Your code goes below here
    console,printf("Hello, my name is Alicia\n");
    console.printf("Alicia is learning how to write Java\n");

} }

This is what I have and then it sends me this

Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Introductions.java:8: error: not a statement
console,printf("Hello, my name is Alicia\n");
^
Introductions.java:8: error: ';' expected
console,printf("Hello, my name is Alicia\n");
^
2 errors

2 Answers

Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
18,674 Points
Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
18,674 Points

ALICIA WEENUM I believe your issue is that you have a comma instead of a period in your first console.printf() statement... let me know if this fixes your issue.

Aziz Deghais
Aziz Deghais
4,553 Points
Aziz Deghais
Aziz Deghais
4,553 Points

You also have to save the file before compiling it !