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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.lang.*;
  5. import java.io.*;
  6. import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  7. import java.util.regex.Matcher;
  8.  
  9. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  10. class Ideone
  11. {
  12. public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  13. {
  14.  
  15. String reportId = "^[a-zA-Z]{8}$";
  16. try {
  17. Pattern.compile(reportId);
  18. } catch (Exception exception) {
  19. System.err.println(exception.getDescription());
  20. }
  21. System.out.println("Syntax is ok.");
  22.  
  23.  
  24.  
  25. }
  26. }
Compilation error #stdin compilation error #stdout 0.1s 320512KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
compilation info
Main.java:19: error: cannot find symbol
            System.err.println(exception.getDescription());
                                        ^
  symbol:   method getDescription()
  location: variable exception of type Exception
1 error
stdout
Standard output is empty