not recognizing scanner

[rotaryfreak]

Hi everyone,

ive had this problem for a while and i cant seem to figure out why. I am using eclipse to create my java code. When import the Scanner class, create a new object and so on... eclipse compiles the code without problem, BUT, when i try to run the same code from command line, i get this error:

Greeting.java:24: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Scanner
location : package util
import java.util.Scanner;

Greeting.java:89 cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Scanner
location : class Greeting Scanner kb = new Scanner<System.in>;

Greeting.java:89: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class Scanner
location: class Greeting Scanner kb = new Scanner<System.in>;

3 errors




any ideas? FYI, im running java version 6.0, j2sdk1.4.2_13 and 1.4.2_18

thx

[Jibran]

You need to update your JVM to version 1.5 for Scanner interface to work.

[rotaryfreak]

i just did and it's still not working... i get the same error

[r035198x]

Your PATH variable is still pointing to the old 1.4 jdk. Update your PATH so that it points to at least jdk 1.5.

[rotaryfreak]

this is what i have i my Path:

User Variables for Path:
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_18\bin;
C:\j2sdk1.4.2_18\bin;
C:\j2sdk1.4.2_13\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_17\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_07\bin


System Variables for Path:
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_18\bin\javac;
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007b\bin;
C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2007b\bin\win32;
C:\j2sdk1.4.2_13\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_17\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_07\bin


still same error. I understand the scanner is not being recognized, but when i updated to 1.5.0_17, it should work and no luck. I mean, it still compiles in eclipse just not in command line. I actually had the same problem the first time i installed eclipse on this computer but i don't remember what i did to fix it... it was over 1 year ago :(

[r035198x]

Edit your path and remove all the references to jdk 1.4

[rotaryfreak]

@r035198x thanks =D worked like a charm! really appreciate it!