Trying to declare a string in Java inside the main method of a Console application.
String s = "this is some text";
I get a red underline saying, 'class' or 'interface' expected.
If I change the code to read
String s = new String("this is some text");
everything works, or at least the code compiles. Using JDK 1.8 and have recently upgraded the IDE to version 2016.2.4.
This only occurs when declaring a new String, all other type declarations and initializations work without declaring a new instance, i.e.
int i = 0;
Anyone know why the first declaration won't work?
Similar behaviour is exhibited when trying to write to the console,
System.out.println("this is some text");
The word 'text' is red underlined saying 'class' or 'interface' expected.
EDIT: entire class as requested
package Sandbox;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("this fails");
}
}
however
package Sandbox;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(new String("this works"));
}
}
See screenshot below of actual code in the IDE. Comments welcome.
