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[Tank314]

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public class MittProgram{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        System.out.print("My first program");
    }
}

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From what I understand it has some invisible characters I can't remove.
I found this on google vb.net - Illegal Character when trying to compile java code - Stack Overflow
But I don't understand what is streamwrite constructor or file.writealltext and what should I do with em.

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[WingedPanther]

What editor are you using? Are you saving in Unicode or ASCII?

[ZekeDragon]

There is, for some reason or another (Notepad 2K?), a BOM character that probably doesn't show up on your editor before the 'p' in public. In gEdit you can just place the cursor before 'p' and press backspace to clear it. Windows editors however may not support that, and formerly Sun and now Oracle both haven't fixed this yet.

[Alexander]

You can freely open up with Windows notepad and save as ANSI, or open up a hex editor and remove the following from the beginning: EF BB BF

[Simonxz]

It's not the question but make sure you name your file the same name as your class. Your filename should be MittProgram.java. The compiler won't accept first.java.