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Java Local Development Environments How it Works Check Your Installation

John Clune
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John Clune
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Posted by John Clune
John Clune
Courses Plus Student 4,951 Points

Java up and running perfectly fine but can't pass this test.

C:\Users\jmclu>java -version
java version "14" 2020-03-17
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 14+36-1461)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14+36-1461, mixed mode, sharing)

C:\Users\jmclu>

I'm just going to skip this but curious why it isn't working.

results.txt 
C:\Users\jmclu>java -version
java version "14" 2020-03-17
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 14+36-1461)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14+36-1461, mixed mode, sharing)

C:\Users\jmclu>

1 Answer

Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral
33,586 Points

It has to do with the validator for the code challenge, specifically with the first line.

E.g. the output below will pass:

java version "99999.99999.99999_99999"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 14+36-1461)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14+36-1461, mixed mode, sharing)

Even though, that version is not valid and doesn't exist.

I assume that the first line is being put against a regex pattern. In your case it fails because the output has a different format of what used to be when the challenge was created and Java was on version 1.8