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Java Java Arrays Gotchas and Wins Array Usage in Method Declarations

Michel Spaniolo
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Michel Spaniolo
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Posted by Michel Spaniolo
Michel Spaniolo
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i keep getting an error in jshell when i run the random function and i cant see what it is

https://w.trhou.se/dgcgk36lnv i get an error when i try to run the random function in jshell. Im not quite sure what the error is refering to..

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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I assume you were compiling "scratch.java", so looking at the error:

scratch.java:4: error: class, interface, or enum expected
String[] friends={
^

You can see it is pointing to a String declaration and complaining that it was expecting a class (or something similar). A Java variable must belong to some class, but this one (and the following one) does not. Did you perhaps intend to have them as part of a "main" class?