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![David Richard](https://uploads.teamtreehouse.com/production/profile-photos/11544600/micro_photo_2021-01-03_17-24-58.jpg)
David Richard
4,879 PointsOutput shows error of "illegal character" but can't figure out why
treehouse:~/workspace$ javac introductions.java
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
introductions.java:8: error: illegal character: ''
console.printf("Hello, my name is Craig");
^
1 error
2 Answers
![David Richard](https://uploads.teamtreehouse.com/production/profile-photos/11544600/micro_photo_2021-01-03_17-24-58.jpg)
David Richard
4,879 PointsActually i figured it out. Somehow there was an extra ' written into the code. I could barely notice it which is what originally threw me off. Regardless to all that, really appreciate you responding.
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Alex Life
16,114 PointsCould be the type of quote symbols being used. Other than that, I don't think there is enough info to go off of if that's not the problem.