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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings, Variables, and Formatting

Posted by Joseph Nickalo
Joseph Nickalo
432 Points

These questions never want to let me move on, they´re so picky and specific

It says for me to put a string variable named firstName equal to my first name, which I did, but apparently that´s not my name anymore. Here´s the code I put, the only error is the silly variable. Any help?

class MyProgram { public void main(String args[]) { String firstName="joseph"; System.out.println(firstName); } }

Name.java 
class myProgram
{
  public void main(String[] args)
  {
  String firstName="Joseph";
  System.out.println(firstName);
  }
}

2 Answers

Uthman EbdEl Khalek
Uthman EbdEl Khalek
Courses Plus Student 5,460 Points

Just use this below, instead of typing the whole program.

String myName = "joseph";

Joseph Nickalo
Joseph Nickalo
432 Points

Ah it worked, thanks a lot! I was trying to put the whole code in lol.

Uthman EbdEl Khalek
PLUS
Uthman EbdEl Khalek
Courses Plus Student 5,460 Points
Uthman EbdEl Khalek
Uthman EbdEl Khalek
Courses Plus Student 5,460 Points

Your code is good, just missing two keywords. Add public to the class myProgram like

public class myProgram

and you need to add the keyword static to the main function like

public static void main(String[] args)

Joseph Nickalo
Joseph Nickalo
432 Points

Doing both of those created its own error. That´s why static and public aren´t there. Now, the only error left isn´t an error found in the compiler, but on the site or I´m not sure how to put it. It says for me to put my name, which I did...