Syntax error Enable Assertions from the command line in Java

Enable Assertions from the command line in Java

By default, assertions are disabled in Java. In order to enable them we use the following command −

java -ea Example
(or)
java -enableassertions Example

Here, Example is the name of the Java file.

Let us see an example for generation of an assertion error by the JVM −

Example

 Live Demo

public class Example {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      int age = 14;
      assert age >= 18 : "Cannot Vote";
      System.out.println("The voter's age is " + age);
   }
}

Output

The voter's age is 14
Updated on: 2020-06-26T06:46:07+05:30

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