If you try to run Java code in IntelliJ IDEA, the IDE for Java Programming, you may get "java: unclosed string literal" error if having an incorrectly defined String. A String Class object in Java must be enclosed in double quotes, if you miss them you will get this error.
package com.java.code2care.example;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello World!);
}
}
Output:
/Main.java:9:28
java: unclosed string literal
As you can see the String Hello World! is missing a closing double quote, if you add it the error will be resolved. If you hover over the String in IntelliJ you will see the error - Illegal line end in string literal

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