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trouble with try-catch...

Posted by Steve on May 28, 2000 at 11:59 PM

I entered a simple program because it uses a try and catch
statement and I have no experience with the two. Here's the code
as seen in the book. It throws two errors and I cannot find the
answer. Give a holler if you see anything wrong with the code.

Thanks, Steve:

public class Fruit
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int numOranges = 5;
int numApples = 10;
int numFruit = 0;

numFruit = numOranges + numApples;

System.out.println("A totally fruity program.");
System.out.println("Total fruit is " + numFruit);

System.out.println("(press ENTER to exit)");
try
{
System.in.read();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
return;
}
}
}

The errors are:

17: Exception java.io.IOException must be caught, or it must be
declared in the throws clause of this method.
System.in.read();
^

19: Class IOException not found.
catch (IOException e)
^

• answer for try and catch Y.M.Sudarsan August 07, 2000 at 11:10 AM (0)
• can you say "documentation"? (or: RTFM) J.T. Wenting May 30, 2000 at 3:16 AM (3)
  • Thanks, J.T. Steve May 30, 2000 at 10:58 PM (2)
    • Take The Hint Bill Joy June 01, 2000 at 2:08 AM (1)
      • Sorry, thought it was java related. My mistake. Steve June 06, 2000 at 9:01 PM (0)