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Hi all, I hope you are well. I am trying to compile a java file using terminal in Ubuntu, but I am getting the following error message:
As you can see, I am passing three String arguments to the printf method, which, as far as I can tell from the API is perfectly legal as this would correspond to the object varargs printf method.
Interestingly, this compiles & executes fine in NetBeans (on the same machine, so same JDK version). Please can someone tell me if I have missed something here? Many thanks.
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1. ERROR in StringComparisons.java (at line 20)
System.out.printf("String a = %s String b = %s \n", a,b);
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printf
public PrintStream printf(String format,
Object... args)
A convenience method to write a formatted string to this output stream using the specified format string and arguments.
Last edited by majestic0110; Oct 16th, 2009 at 1:24 pm.
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#2 Oct 16th, 2009
bug?
test:
compile one test at the same time
post result
test:
Java Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
post result
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#3 Oct 18th, 2009
Hi quuba, thanks for the reply. Having tried that, I still get the same compilation error at the command line, although it works fine in NetBeans. Seems very odd!
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#4 Oct 18th, 2009
Which one of 2,..,6 lines in my post #2 gives you compilation error at the command line?
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#5 Oct 18th, 2009
They all do quuba lol i.e the ones with >= 3 arg's to printf
Last edited by majestic0110; Oct 18th, 2009 at 8:49 pm.
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#6 Oct 19th, 2009
Compile with additional javac options to obtain more info:
? odd.
check also from command line version of java
if 1.5 - bad
if >1.5 - ok.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...berformat.html
Java Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
check also from command line version of java
if 1.5 - bad
if >1.5 - ok.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...berformat.html
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Here is a basic example:
int i = 461012;
System.out.format("The value of i is: %d%n", i);
The %d specifies that the single variable is a decimal integer. The %n is a platform-independent newline character.
Last edited by quuba; Oct 19th, 2009 at 11:50 am.
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