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

Hasan Raza
Hasan Raza
43 Points
Posted by Hasan Raza
Hasan Raza
43 Points

says there is an illegal start to expression

not sure what to do now

Name.java 
public class Name {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
String firstName = "Hasan";
console.printf("My name is %s", firstName);
  }
}

2 Answers

Benjamin Keller
Benjamin Keller
20,763 Points
Benjamin Keller
Benjamin Keller
20,763 Points

Not sure why there is an illegal start. Perhaps it's because there is no package. However, I took away the class and main to leave:

String firstName = "Hasan";
console.printf("%s can code in Java!", firstName);

That worked in completing the challenge.

Dana Urrey
Dana Urrey
1,575 Points
Dana Urrey
Dana Urrey
1,575 Points

It's illegal because you didn't do the first Console line which pretty much tells java there's going to be a console, right now without that line java doesn't know what to do with your console command, so I just added the line where it should be in your code below, hope that helps :)

public class Name {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
Console console = System.console();
String firstName = "Hasan";
console.printf("My name is %s", firstName);
  }