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Zandria Robinson
161 PointsCompiler error
I am keep getting this error message "illegal start". I have written it matching the name of the Java file and keep getting this error message.
// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console
public class Name{
public static void main(String[] args){
Console console = System.console();
String firstName = "Zandria";
console.printf("Hello my name is %s", firstName);
}
}
2 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsHi Zandria,
There are a couple of issues here.
There's actually nothing technically wrong with the code you've written but for this challenge you don't need all the default Java boilerplate code that's normally needed to run a java file. Also you're trying to compile the wrong string.
All you need is a couple of lines of code.
String firstName = "Zandria";
console.printf("%s can code in Java", firstName);
Good luck!
Zandria Robinson
161 PointsThanks