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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by john brueckner
john brueckner
92 Points

Why am I getting an error? I've been programming in java for three years and I know there's absolutely NOTHING wrong.

I'm doing what it's asking, I don't know what's wrong.

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
public class IO {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console();
    String firstName = console.readLine("What is your name? ");

    console.printf("Hello, my name is %s\n", firstName);
    console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java\n", firstName);
  }

}

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

It's not expecting you to write your own main method and console is already declared for you. You're basically just wanted to supply the body of the function.