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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

Posted by rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
629 Points

it doesn't want to work, why?

well, first i write the code .....console.printf Console.printf("Hello, my name is Rey"); then i go to the console and write the javac Introductions.java for compile it but when i click enter it makes error.....

Introductions.java:8: error: non-static method printf(String,Ob ject...) cannot be referenced from a static context
Console.printf("Hello, my name is Rey");

This is the error, and i don;t know why because i wrote this like in the video

3 Answers

rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
629 Points

but however i do it, it still shows the error

ISAIAH S
ISAIAH S
1,409 Points
ISAIAH S
ISAIAH S
1,409 Points

Try this:

Introductions.java 
import java.io.Console;

public class Introductions {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console();
    // Welcome to the Introductions program!  Your code goes below here
    console.printf("Hello, my name is Rey");
  }
}
rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
629 Points

Dude, thanks a lot but it didn't work it still show the error....

seanmckenzie2
seanmckenzie2
3,946 Points

If you copy and paste this into your workspace it should work

ISAIAH S
ISAIAH S
1,409 Points
ISAIAH S
ISAIAH S
1,409 Points

What about copying/pasting my code, then press Ctrl + S, which will save the workspace.

rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
rey enmanuel guerrero martinez
629 Points

Thanks Man!!

ISAIAH S
ISAIAH S
1,409 Points

Please mark this answer best answer, so that others will know that it is solved.