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Java Syntax: The Main Method

This document provides an overview of the basic structure of a Java program including: 1) Every Java program must define a class with a name that matches the file name with a .java extension. 2) The main method is required and contains the code to be executed. 3) The println method is used to output text to the console like "Hello World".

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Java Syntax: The Main Method

This document provides an overview of the basic structure of a Java program including: 1) Every Java program must define a class with a name that matches the file name with a .java extension. 2) The main method is required and contains the code to be executed. 3) The println method is used to output text to the console like "Hello World".

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Java Syntax

Creating MyClass.java and we used the following code to print "Hello World" to
the screen:

MyClass.java

public class MyClass {


public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World");
}
}

Example explained

Every line of code that runs in Java must be inside a class. In our example, we
named the class MyClass. A class should always start with an uppercase first
letter.

Note: Java is case-sensitive: "MyClass" and "myclass" has different meaning.

The name of the java file must match the class name. When saving the file,
save it using the class name and add ".java" to the end of the filename.

The main Method


The main() method is required and you will see it in every Java program:

public static void main(String[] args)

Any code inside the main() method will be executed. You don't have to
understand the keywords before and after main.

For now, just remember that every Java program has a class name which must
match the filename, and that every program must contain
the main() method.
System.out.println()
Inside the main() method, we can use the println() method to print a line of
text to the screen:

public static void main(String[] args) {


System.out.println("Hello World");
}

Exercise:
Insert the missing part of the code below to output "Hello World".

public class MyClass {


public static void main(String[] args) {
. . ("Hello World");
}
}

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