Beer Song Problem

[Ken Solanki]

I have tried to see what the problem is but I cannot identify it. Please help

Ken

The Error message I get when I try to run is,

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: BeerSong/java

The Program compiles ok but just cannot run.

The text is as follows:

public class BeerSong {

public static void main (String[] args) {

int beerNum = 99;

String word = "bottles";


while (beerNum > 0) {

if (beerNum == 1) {

word = "bottle"; // singular, as in ONE bottle.

}

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

beerNum = beerNum - 1;


if (beerNum > 0) {

System.out.println(beerNum + " " + word +" of beer on the wall");
} else {
System.out.println(beerNum + "No more bottles of beer on the wall");

} // end else
} // end while loop
} // end main method
} // end class

[Stuart Goss]

Are you saving the file as "BeerSong.java" (caution: case sensitive!) ?

[marc weber]

Hi Ken,

Welcome to JavaRanch!

When you compile the program, you need to include the .java extension. But when you run the program, do not type any extension.

javac BeerSong.java
java BeerSong

[Stuart Goss]

That's probably it.

I copied the code,
saved it as "BeerSong.java",
compiled it with "javac BeerSong.java"
and ran it with "java BeerSong":

no problem.

Good Luck,
Stuart

[marc weber]

Originally posted by Stuart Goss:
That's probably it...

If you try to run typing the .java extension (java BeerSong.java), then you will get the same error described above. The tip-off in this situation is the "/java" at the end of "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: BeerSong/java".