running file from command line in windows

[Pouncer]

import java.io.*;

public class cw1 {

public static void main (String args[]) throws IOException {
System.out.println("fdfsdf");
String blah = args[0];

System.out.println(blah);
}

}

Basically, when i compile and run that (from the xemacas popup), it gives me an exception error:

fdfsdf
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
at cw1.main(cw1.java:15)

Process cw1 exited abnormally with code 1

i need to run this by command line somehow, like
java cw1 hello
so args[0] will be hello and it shud print hello.

i hope someone with experience can help me. im on windows, using xemacs
with jdk1.5.0_05

my environment variables 'path' is set as
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_05\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin

[CornedBee]

Are you really launching it with that full command line?
C:\...\> java cw1 hello
It's basically telling you that you didn't pass any arguments, and I've never heard of such a serious and basic error in Java - I very much doubt it would ever make it into release.

[Pouncer]

Thanks for the reply CornedBee.

Are you really launching it with that full command line?
C:\...\> java cw1 hello
It's basically telling you that you didn't pass any arguments, and I've never heard of such a serious and basic error in Java - I very much doubt it would ever make it into release.

My problem is that i compile and run it by the popups in xemacs, i don't know the command line input to running it like you suggested

do you use xemcas? does anyone please? i badly need to get this working

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[CornedBee]

Check the project settings if there is a "command line arguments" field somewhere.

[Pouncer]

Check the project settings if there is a "command line arguments" field somewhere.

yep found it in the 'shell' menu! thanks