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Posted by chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points

Java Basics?

Ok I am doing the challenge and the question is Create a new variable called name and accept input from the console using the readLine method. and when I put 

String name = console.readLine("What is your name?  ");

I get an error which says

JavaTester.java:2: package java.nio.file does not exist
import java.nio.file.Files;
                    ^
JavaTester.java:3: package java.nio.file does not exist
import java.nio.file.Paths;
                    ^
JavaTester.java:73: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable Paths
location: class JavaTester.CC
        byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filename));
                                            ^
JavaTester.java:73: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable Files
location: class JavaTester.CC
        byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filename));
                         ^
4 errors

Am I doing something wrong? It says the file is imported and even if I do import it at the top it does not work. Thanks

3 Answers

Jose Luis Lopez
Jose Luis Lopez
19,179 Points
Jose Luis Lopez
Jose Luis Lopez
19,179 Points

create a new variable name, String name accept input from the console using the readLine method, console.readLine("");

it should look like this, String name = console.readLine(""); where "" are accepting input

Albert Lam
Albert Lam
Courses Plus Student 6,317 Points

Adding the quotes worked!

Thanks!

chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points
chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points

If I type in the import is says

JavaTester.java:86: error: ';' expected
imported java.io.Console;
             ^
JavaTester.java:86: error: not a statement
imported java.io.Console;
                ^
2 errors
chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points
chandlerknaus
chandlerknaus
1,635 Points

I do not know what happened, but I just clicked the enter button and it worked so maybe it was just a glitch! (I dont know how to delete a question sorry)