System.out.printIn cannot find symbol

Question

Whenever I try to compile this Java program in the command prompt I get an error about System.out.printIn saying that javac cannot find symbol. System.out.print works just fine but System.out.printIn refuses to cooperate. I've posted the program and the compiler message below. Thanks for the help.

    public class BeerSong {
public static void main (String[] args) {
int beerNum = 99;
String word = "bottles";

while (beerNum > 0) {

  if (beerNum == 1) {
    word = "bottle"; //singular, ONE bottle
}

System.out.printIn(beerNum + " " + word + "of beer on the wall");
System.out.printIn(beerNum + " " + word + "of beer.");
System.out.printIn("Take one down.");
System.out.printIn("Pass it around.");
beerNum = beerNum - 1;

if (beerNum > 0) {
    System.out.printIn(beerNum + " " + word + " of beer on the wall");
}   else {
    System.out.printIn("No more bottles of beer on the wall");
} //end else
} //end while loop
} //end main method
} //end class

C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop>javac BeerSong.java
BeerSong.java:12: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method printIn(java.lang.String)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
    System.out.printIn(beerNum + " " + word + "of beer on the wall");
              ^
BeerSong.java:13: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method printIn(java.lang.String)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
    System.out.printIn(beerNum + " " + word + "of beer.");
              ^
BeerSong.java:14: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method printIn(java.lang.String)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
    System.out.printIn("Take one down.");
              ^
BeerSong.java:15: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method printIn(java.lang.String)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
    System.out.printIn("Pass it around.");
              ^
BeerSong.java:19: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method printIn(java.lang.String)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
        System.out.printIn(beerNum + " " + word + " of beer on the wall");
                  ^
BeerSong.java:21: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method printIn(java.lang.String)
location: class java.io.PrintStream
            System.out.printIn("No more bottles of beer on the wall");
                      ^
6 errors

what is `printIn` it should be `println` – Igoris Azanovas Aug 18 '11 at 10:03 — Igoris Azanovas, Aug 18 '11 at 10:03
The real answer is that beer and Java don't go together :-) – Stephen C Aug 18 '11 at 10:08 — Stephen C, Aug 18 '11 at 10:08

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:03

20

It is println with l (lower case L), not I (upper case i).

answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:03

MByD

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In addition: `ln` stands for `line` as in print line, not printIn => print ... input?! ;) – Jacob Aug 18 '11 at 10:04
See I had a feeling it was something simple. Thanks so much. Thats what I get for using a blurry pdf Java guide. – SnowBeef Aug 18 '11 at 13:38
wow this is stupid.. whatever happened to camelCase? – Samuel Katz Apr 11 '14 at 16:46
I believed in capital `I` also! Thanks! – kujiy Aug 24 '17 at 08:32

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:03

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Typo:

printIn should be println

answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:03

codaddict

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:06

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It should be System.out.println not System.out.printIn.

Use some kind of IDE (like Eclipse or NetBeans) to make sure that you can use methos in current context.

The problem here is copying the same line. Try avoiding copy/pase.

answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:06

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:03

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it is System.out.println and NOT System.out.printIn (lower case L and not upper case i)

answered Aug 18 '11 at 10:03

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in his post it is letter I as in upper i :) – Igoris Azanovas Aug 18 '11 at 10:06

System.out.printIn cannot find symbol

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