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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

osvaldo gonzalez
osvaldo gonzalez
2,167 Points
Posted by osvaldo gonzalez
osvaldo gonzalez
2,167 Points

error with the console in java one you javac and java there

sad but in the first step of java I got stop for this issue

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 Steve");
  console.printf("Craing is learning how to write in Java");

} }

and in console this is the result!

treehouse:~/workspace$ javac Introductions.java
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
treehouse:~/workspace$ java Introductions.java
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Error: Could not find or load main class Introductions.java
treehouse:~/workspace

check out please

https://w.trhou.se/uobl6pd4mr

2 Answers

Jaxon Gonzales
Jaxon Gonzales
3,562 Points
Jaxon Gonzales
Jaxon Gonzales
3,562 Points

Are you sure you did javac Introductions.java AND java Introductions? (Remember CaSe MaTtErs)

Patrick Porlier
Patrick Porlier
115 Points
Patrick Porlier
Patrick Porlier
115 Points

Figured it out. You have to save the file first, then use javac to compile, after you call it with java.