Scala REPL: error: ';' expected but string literal found

Question

What is wrong with this simple text book REPL?

C:\Users\abc>scala
Welcome to Scala version 2.11.1 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.6.0_45).
Type in expressions to have them evaluated.
Type :help for more information.

scala> print "Hello"
<console>:1: error: ';' expected but string literal found.
       print "Hello"
             ^

scala>

This is supposed to print "Hello"

Jasper-M · Answer 1 · 2014-06-23T17:10:58.513

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It does work if you ask nicely:

scala> object please {
     |   val print = Predef.print _
     | }
defined module please

scala> please print "Hello"
Hello

edited Jun 23 '14 at 17:10

answered Jun 23 '14 at 16:54

Jasper-M

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This isnt the answer to the question. You just made it work by adding additional scaffolding code – Aravind Yarram Jun 23 '14 at 16:56
Why not just `Predef print "hello"` directly instead of declaring `please`? Anyway, it's probably better just to use the parentheses. – DaoWen Jun 23 '14 at 17:13
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@DaoWen He's definitely trolling, but I laughed anyway. – wilkystyle Oct 10 '14 at 02:23

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '14 at 15:12

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Use the right syntax:

scala> print("Hello")
Hello

answered Jun 23 '14 at 15:12

om-nom-nom

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@Pangea it depends. [Sometimes, you can drop parenthesis, sometimes, you're not](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1181533/298389) – om-nom-nom Jun 23 '14 at 15:15

Scala REPL: error: ';' expected but string literal found

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