What is wrong with my code? I am a beginner and I keep getting this cannot find symbol error

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I am unsure what to do from here. Please let me know what I am doing wrong and how I can fix it. Thank you. I have looked though many posts and anything I do just adds to the problem. Again, I have only been coding for a few days now.

     public class TestRun {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            char Button = '1';
                switch (Button) { 
                    case '1': System.out.prntln(" return ") ;
                        break;
                    case '2': System.out.prntln(" enter ") ;
                        break;
                    case '3': System.out.prntln(" welcome ") ;
                        break;
                    default: System.out.prntln(" hello ") ; 
        }
    }
}

/Users/levi_kline/Desktop/TestRun.java:5: error: cannot find symbol
                case '1': System.out.prntln(" return ") ;
                                    ^
  symbol:   method prntln(String)
  location: variable out of type PrintStream
/Users/levi_kline/Desktop/TestRun.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
                case '2': System.out.Prntln(" enter ") ;
                                    ^
  symbol:   method Prntln(String)
  location: variable out of type PrintStream
/Users/levi_kline/Desktop/TestRun.java:9: error: cannot find symbol
                case '3': System.out.prntln(" welcome ") ;
                                    ^
  symbol:   method prntln(String)
  location: variable out of type PrintStream
/Users/levi_kline/Desktop/TestRun.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
                default: System.out.prntln(" hello ") ; 
                                   ^
  symbol:   method prntln(String)
  location: variable out of type PrintStream
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It's `println` not prntln. Error clearly speaks where you are going wrong — Lokesh Pandey, Oct 26 '17 at 05:05
You're missing an `i`. Voting to close as your issue is down to a typo and thus unlikely to be helpful to other users. — Joe C, Oct 26 '17 at 05:05
**But** even though this is caused by a simple typo, and someone with even a little experience should by able to understand the error and fix it, should this question really be some heavily downvoted ? — Scary Wombat, Oct 26 '17 at 05:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 26 '17 at 05:07

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You are calling a method that does not exist. It is println not prntln.

I highly recommend using the built in code recommendation in your IDE or read the javadoc beforehand so you know the correct names and arguments.

answered Oct 26 '17 at 05:07

Icedude_907

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What is wrong with my code? I am a beginner and I keep getting this cannot find symbol error

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