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

Raul Faure
Raul Faure
596 Points
Posted by Raul Faure
Raul Faure
596 Points

What am I missing? JavaTester.java:73: error: illegal start of expression public class Name { ^ 1 error

JavaTester.java:73: error: illegal start of expression public class Name { ^ 1 error

Name.java 
  public class Name {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      String firstName = "Raul";

    console.printf("firstName");


  }
}

1 Answer

Mike Papamichail
Mike Papamichail
4,883 Points
Mike Papamichail
Mike Papamichail
4,883 Points

I don't know if this will help but i got two suggestions :

1) Try writting the main... line like this :

public static void main(String args[]) {} // watch that instead of String[] i'm writting args[]

2) I guess that in your program you just want to output the firstName variable.If that's true, then remove the "" marks because if you run your program like that, you'll just output the string "firstName" and not Raul!

Let me know if the 1st suggestion worked!