cannot find the symbol method console();

Question

This is my code :---

import java.lang.*;
class Console
{
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
            char i;
            i=System.console().readLine("this is how we give he input to the string");
            System.out.println("this is what we want to print:0)");
            System.out.println(i);

        }
}

and the output I am getting is this:-

Output:-

.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method console()
location: class java.lang.System
    i=System.console().readLine("this is how we give he input to the string");
                ^
1 error

Tool completed with exit code 1

If anyone can help me out...

You need to compile with Java 1.6 or 1.7 as the Console class was added then. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels, May 19 '12 at 16:07
you are on jdk1.5 I believe , upgrade and you should be through — Satya, May 19 '12 at 16:09

richarbernal · Answer 1 · 2012-05-19T16:21:48.900

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Mistake with the jdk version, because it must be jdk1.6 or later, and when changed to a newer jdk, there's a compilation problem, System.console().readLine() returns a String, but you assigned char

edited May 19 '12 at 16:21

answered May 19 '12 at 16:07

richarbernal

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That's not the source of this error. Please see my comment in to the original question to see why he's getting this error. But you are correct, if he was able to use Console, he'd run into this error. So 1+ to you. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels May 19 '12 at 16:08
-1 your reason will never cause symbol not found error. – Chandra Sekhar May 19 '12 at 16:14
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No, but it will be another mistake commited in the near future when he changes jdk version, :D – richarbernal May 19 '12 at 16:18
@Chandra: As I have already stated in my comment above yours, but nevertheless richarbernal's advice is sound, and he does not deserve a down-vote. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels May 19 '12 at 16:26
ohk guyz let me first update my jdk version – Vinit May 19 '12 at 16:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '13 at 06:43

Also, some IDE's have trouble with the console class (possibly because they are using it themselves to redirect output to a window/dialog)

So a really good work around is using:

    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    String str = br.readline();
    //or if you want a char
    char i = str.charAt(0);

Hope that helps

cannot find the symbol method console();

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