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Jennifer Barbee
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,387 PointsWhy can my main method not be found already ?
I'm trying to begin my first project but already have an error and I don't understand why it's there. I tried to test the instructions for the project by cd src/main/java and then run a practice line of code to see if it is working properly. However, I'm getting a message that my main class can't be loaded. What am I doing wrong?? I just started it!
Code: public class GuessingGame { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("hi");
}
}
Error:
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Error: Could not find or load main class GuessingGame.java
treehouse:~/workspace/src/main/java$
1 Answer
Jennifer Barbee
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,387 PointsDisregard. The 'before you start instructions' had an error saying to: clear && javac GuessingGame.java && java GuessingGame.java
I changed it to: clear && javac GuessingGame.java && java GuessingGame (taking .java off the second one as we learned) and it works fine :)