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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Introduction to Your Tools

Posted by Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points

I'm doing something wrong but don't know what

I don't know what i'm typing wrong and this message appears:

8 errors
treehouse:~/workspace$ javac Introductions.java
Introductions.java:8: error: ';' expected
console.printf ("Hello, my name is Santiago");

4 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

The line:

Console console = System.console(),

should be:

Console console = System.console();
Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points

Thanks!!! That was it! I don't know when i changed it

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

It looks like you're missing a semicolon at the end of the line: console.printf ("Hello, my name is Santiago")

Make sure it looks like:

console.printf ("Hello, my name is Santiago");
Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points
Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points

I copy paste what you wrote, then I saved it but the same message keeps appearing...

treehouse:~/workspace$ javac Introductions.java
Introductions.java:8: error: ';' expected
console.printf ("Hello, my name is Santiago");
^
1 error

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,415 Points

Can you post your whole code?

Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points
Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points

Thats the hole code:

import java.io.Console;

public class Introductions {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Console console = System.console(),
    // Welcome to the Introductions program!  Your code goes below here
    console.printf("Hello, my name is Santiago");

} }

Then I type:

javac Introductions.java

And this appears: ^
1 error
treehouse:~/workspace$ javac Introductions.java
Introductions.java:8: error: ';' expected
console.printf("Hello, my name is Santiago");