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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings and Variables

Mariya Shklyar
Mariya Shklyar
1,022 Points
Posted by Mariya Shklyar
Mariya Shklyar
1,022 Points

I'm on a second lesson of Java basics Strings and Variables. I was trying to console, but it gives me a error.

error: reached end of file while parsing

Martin Smith
Martin Smith
Courses Plus Student 467 Points

I tried doing the same thing and didn't get any errors, are you sure you closed your parenthesis?

4 Answers

Mariya Shklyar
Mariya Shklyar
1,022 Points
Mariya Shklyar
Mariya Shklyar
1,022 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/workspaces/07ojppsulm/fork

console.printf("Hello, my name is Mariya"); console.printf ("Mariya is learning how to write Java");

alex33242 we
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alex33242 we
Courses Plus Student 555 Points
alex33242 we
alex33242 we
Courses Plus Student 555 Points

My code is import java.io.Console;

public class MyConsole { public static void main(String[] args) { String firstName ="Alex"; Console console = System.console(); console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);
} } But i got error is in eclipse Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at MyConsole.main(MyConsole.java:6) line 6 is printing line.

Eric Esparza
Eric Esparza
328 Points
Eric Esparza
Eric Esparza
328 Points

Mariya,

Make sure you save the code before compiling in the console.

Eric