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Java Java Basics Using your New Tools Fix the Errors

Tobias Edwards
Tobias Edwards
14,458 Points
Posted by Tobias Edwards
Tobias Edwards
14,458 Points

Java Basics Challenge Improvement

The Question:

I have placed several errors in this challenge. To fix them you must remove the // to uncomment them and then correct the error.

Uncomment the first line and fix the error. If you do not see the error, click submit and view the Preview pane to view the compiler error.

For this, the challenge is to find errors and correct them. Although, when I was working my way through each line, I thought I would need:

import java.io.Console;

because the challenge does not state that the package was included.

Maybe add a comment in the question or editor that the package is already imported for clarity?

FixMe.java 
// Sting firstName = "Gordon";

// string lastName = "Sumner";

// console.printf("Hello %s", firstName)

// band = console.readLine("Which band?  ");

2 Answers

andrea
andrea
2,215 Points
andrea
andrea
2,215 Points

I think since those packages haven't been taught, it would not make sense for them to ask us to put that in ourselves.

I always just assume that they will only ask us what we have learned so far in the exercises and quizzes since some of the people taking these courses do not have any experience in coding like myself. Although, I do see your point that it would be clearer if it was stated.

I hope that helps in the future.

md12
md12
7,678 Points
md12
md12
7,678 Points

if you look carefully there were mistakes in sting instead of String, as well on second line s is not capital etc...here how I had fixed mine:

  1. String firstName = ("Gordon");

  2. String lastName = ("Sumner");

  3. console.printf("Hello %s", firstName);

4.String band = console.readLine("Which band? ");