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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java IO

Posted by Mike McGuire
Mike McGuire
Courses Plus Student 51 Points

console.readline

JavaTester.java:87: error: cannot find symbol String firstName = console.readline("What is your name?\n"); ^ symbol: method readline(String) location: variable console of type MockConsole 1 error I can't seem to fix this error. I have been over the code and it looks OK.

IO.java 
// I have imported java.io.Console for you.  It is a variable called console.
String firstName = console.readline("What is your name?\n");
console.printf("Hello my name is %s\n",firstName);
console.printf("%s is learning to write java\n",firstName);

1 Answer

Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 Points

Hello,

Java is unfortunately very picky about the case of the letters. What is actually slowing this challange up is the method readline(); should be readLine()

java is just being picky with you. 

String firstName = console.readline("What is your name?\n");

Try 

String firstName = console.readLine("What is your name?\n");

Your code should pass with this.