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

Bhawani Shankar
Bhawani Shankar
954 Points
Posted by Bhawani Shankar
Bhawani Shankar
954 Points

Getting error message illegal start of expression

please help me ASAP

Name.java 
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
public class Name{
  public static void main(String[] args){
    Console console=System.console();
    String firstName="Bhawani";
    console.printf("heloo my name is %s",firstName);
    console.printf("%s is learning java",firstName);
  }
}

1 Answer

Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points
Christian Mangeng
Christian Mangeng
15,970 Points

Hi Bhawani,

as stated in the comment in the first line, the console is already set up for this task. So you could/should simply start with the actual code (String firstName = ... etc.) and skip the rest

Bhawani Shankar
Bhawani Shankar
954 Points
Bhawani Shankar
Bhawani Shankar
954 Points

but it is showing the same error