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codegasmer
codegasmer

Reputation: 1468

Error illegal start of expression while using lambdas in java 8

I have recently updated my java to the 8th version and trying some Lambdas but it's giving error.

My Code

String[] st = {"ak","ss","dd"};

Arrays.asList(st).forEach(data -> System.out.println(data));

The output of the console is

PS E:\> javac .\Lambdas.java
.\Lambdas.java:11: error: illegal start of expression
                   Arrays.asList(st).forEach(data -> System.out.println(data));
                                                   ^
1 error
PS E:\> java -version
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)

This is strange because I have java 8 as seen above but my code in not compiling.

Is there anything I am doing wrong?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5078

Answers (1)

codegasmer
codegasmer

Reputation: 1468

It's the compiler issue. In my environment variable I was pointing towards the old java 7 version. After changing it to 8 the code compiled.

Upvotes: 3

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