problems starting java

[java2]

Hi, i have just installed a java compiler and wrote my first java program, copied directly from a java book. UNfortunatley it found errors in one of my lines and more precisley didn't like the full stops.

this is the program...

public class FirstVar
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String str = "First value";
System.out.printIn(str);
str = "Second Value";
System.out.printIn(str);
}
}

it worked for the people who wrote the book, why won't it work for me??!!! please help

[little_toaster]

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I DID JAVA!, I think str is a reserved word!, try a different string name!

[java2]

I also had the same problem with this program

public class Hello
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
system.out.printIn("Hello World");
}
}

[little_toaster]

capital S on system

[java2]

o yeah just noticed that. but look at my second example

[Brandoe85]

System.out.println("Hello World");

You had a I instead of an l.

[little_toaster]

I noticed that but for some strange reason decided that it was thew font on the forum that made it look like a i!

lol!

maybe i will relearn Java myself!

[java2]

nope doesn't like that one either. It does show me where the error is and its telling me its on the second full stop. the one before 'print'

[Brandoe85]

Both of the examples you posted are working for me when I make that change:
Hello.java

public class Hello
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello World");
}
}


EDIT: What is the error message?

[java2]

o you mean its a little L. i see now. thankyou very much

[java2]

Well now i have a new problem, i can now compile the programs but i can't get them to run.

This is the message the command prompt gives me...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang>NoClassDefFoundError: Then the file name

[Brandoe85]

Is your class name and file name saved exactly the same?
class name Hello
and you saved the file as Hello.java?

[java2]

Yep the compiler does that automatically

[Brandoe85]

Post your code, and someone can have a look.

[java2]

class Hello
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello World");
}
}

[KeZZeR]

Have you named the class file to Hello.java? It has to be exact otherwise it won't like it

[punx]

Public class Hello
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello World");
}
}

Save as Hello.java