Lon Hosford Java Course Materials

By Lon Hosford

Step 1 -- Configure .java documents to prompt for arguments.

1. Select Configure Preferences from main menu.

2. Select Tools and Run Java Application from the Tree in the left panel.

3. Check Prompt for Parameters.

Step 2 -- Try an application that uses parameters.

Page 54 Listing 4.2 for example that looks for three arguments. Add all expected arguments separated by spaces to the popup window and leave what is in the window there.

class Blanks {
    public static void main(String[] arguments) {
        System.out.println("The " + arguments[0]
            + " " + arguments[1] + " fox "
            + "jumped over the "
            + arguments[2] + " dog.");
    }
}