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Muhammad Amirrul Al Hafiz Mohd Zukry
40 Pointswhy hit an error because class name and file name is same?
JavaTester.java:72: error: illegal start of expression import java.io.Console; ^ JavaTester.java:72: error: not a statement import java.io.Console; ^ JavaTester.java:74: error: illegal start of expression public class Name { ^ 3 errors
import java.io.Console;
public class Name {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Console console = System.console();
// Welcome to the Introductions program! Your code goes below here
String firstName = "Amir Al Hafiz";
//thisIsAnExampleOfCamelCasting
console.printf("Hello my name is %s \n", firstName);
console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java \n", firstName);
}
}
Todd Anderson
4,260 PointsI think that Name is a special word in java. Try calling your class FirstName and see if that works.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/index.html?javax/xml/soap/Name.html
Muhammad Amirrul Al Hafiz Mohd Zukry
40 PointsI changed but still hit error
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console public class FirstName {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Console console = System.console();
// Welcome to the Introductions program! Your code goes below here
String firstName = "Amir Al Hafiz";
//thisIsAnExampleOfCamelCasting
console.printf("Hello my name is %s \n", firstName);
console.printf("%s is learning how to write Java \n", firstName);
} }
------------------------------Error------------------------------ JavaTester.java:73: error: illegal start of expression public class FirstName { ^ 1 error ------------------------------Error------------------------------
1 Answer
Todd Anderson
4,260 PointsI copied and pasted what you had into the workspace and it worked fine? Does your class FirstName match the name of your java file? Should both be FirstName i.e FirstName.Java, class FirstName.
Muhammad Amirrul Al Hafiz Mohd Zukry
40 PointsMuhammad Amirrul Al Hafiz Mohd Zukry
40 PointsThis is the exact code from a workspace.