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Previously i was using Intellij15 where the scratch file feature introduced and it was successfully execute java code there. But after upgrading to intellij16 i unable to execute scrach file of type java. Can someone tell me a way to work in intellij16

  • Did you tried the approach described in official documentation? https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2016.3/scratches.html – DimaSan Nov 28 '16 at 10:56

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Scratch files run fine for me on Intellij IDEA 2016.3

Steps followed:

  1. Notice that there are Scratch files and Scratch buffers but only the former are runnable and is created via :

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  1. Then choose the language:

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  1. Add then create and execute the desired code, for example:
class Blah{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        System.out.println("Blah");
    }
}

See this in action below:

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Ashutosh Jindal
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