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

Posted by Sophia Steinberg
Sophia Steinberg
154 Points

What am I doing wrong here

pls

Name.java 
public class Name
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
  string firstName = ("Sophia");
  }
}

1 Answer

Cal Song
Cal Song
13,934 Points
Cal Song
Cal Song
13,934 Points

First when you declare a string type, make sure the 's' is capital letter as String.

and when you initialize a string variable, don't wrap it with a bracket.

So it would be String firstName = "Sophia";