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Posted by Dylan McGee
Dylan McGee
1,610 Points

System.out.print vs illegalArgumentExpression

I understand that the illegalArgumentExpression is used to show that the input is incorrect, but why can't we just use System.out.print to tell the user that they already guessed the letter? Wouldn't this do the same job?

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Dylan,

Yes, you could use a standard output warning to prompt the user but that wouldn't teach you about handling exceptions. The use of the IllegalArgumentException is by way of example, showing how exceptions are generated and handled in your code.

Steve.