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Java Local Development Environments Exploring Your IDE Clean up this mess

Not passing unfortunately ;/

import java.util.*;

public class Messy {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("one");
        System.out.println("two");
        System.out.println("three");
        System.out.println("four");
        System.out.println("five");
        /*Please comment out this line and
        this line as well with a hotkey that does multi-line commenting
        */
        List<String> numberWords = Arrays.asList("six", "seven", "eight", "nine");
        for (String numberWord : numberWords) {
            // Use the sout shortcut to write out numberWord;
            System.out.println(numberWord);
        }
    }
}
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1 Answer

Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points

Hi Andrew

I just used your code, and the problem is the import statements, it is unnecessarily importing everything from java.util. The answer is easier than it seems try removing the import statement altogether and then see what actually needs importing from java.util (the compiler will complain on the classes where methods are called,. there are 2)

Hope this helps you on your way, if your still struggling though give me a shout back here and I can talk you through it

Daniel