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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Strings, Variables, and Formatting

Posted by Alok Sheoran
Alok Sheoran
39 Points

JavaTester.java:72: error: illegal start of expression import java.io.console; even if i comment out i still get

even if i comment out import statement i still get the error

Name.java 
import java.io.console;

class abc {

  public static void main (String [ ] args) {


    string firstName = "Alok";

  system.out.println (firstname);

}
}// I have setup a java.io.Console object for you named console

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

For the basic Java challenges you don't have to include any boilerplate code. In other words you don't need to create a class or method to hold your code, and you don't need to instantiate the console object yourself. All of that is done for you automatically by the challenge checker.

The only code you need to type is code that will accomplish the exact thing the challenge is asking for. Since the task only asks you to create a String variable to hold your name you only need one line of code to solve the task.

In other words the only code you need for the first task is this one:

String firstName = "Alok";

And during other parts of the challenge where you need to use methods from the console object you can do so without including the code to import it or anything like that.