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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Fix the Errors

Posted by Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore
Courses Plus Student 1,241 Points

The comment lines in the challenge are invisible until I delete one of the first two (invisible!) slashes.

I can only see a few tiny marks in the window until I delete the slashes, then the line becomes visible.

FixMe.java 
String firstName = "Gordon";
String lastName = "Sumner";

// console.printf("Hello %s", firstName)

// band = console.readLine("Which band?  ");
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

What was your question?

Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore
Courses Plus Student 1,241 Points

My question is, when I'm doing the challenge, why can't I see those two comment lines:

// console.printf("Hello %s", firstName)

// band = console.readLine("Which band?  ");

and what, if anything, can I do to fix it?

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

I'm not quite sure if I'm understanding your problem. All you do is uncomment the code one by one (removing the // before each line of code) and fix the small errors.

What do you mean by "why can't I see those two comment lines"?

Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore
Courses Plus Student 1,241 Points

As I said, when I'm doing the challenge, those two lines are invisible. I cannot see them. Anything that is commented out is invisible to me for some reason. Once I uncomment it, the line becomes visible again. I have to guess as to the lines' locations. Also, highlighting with ctrl+a or clicking and dragging does not make the code visible. Only uncommenting does.

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

well that's strange. were you still able to pass the challenge?

Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore
Courses Plus Student 1,241 Points

Yes, I've been able to pass the challenges, but it's initially confusing if I start the coding challenge and no code appears on the screen because all the code is commented out and therefore (for some reason I don't understand) invisible.