Using the Algorithm-Test Environment and Submitting Assignments

Getting CLASSPATH set up with Windows (native)

• If you want to set up in Windows itself, look up a youtube video on setting environment variables in Windows, until you find one that reflects your Windows version.

• Often, you get to this by finding Control Panel, then to environment variables:

  

• You will want to create a new user-environment variable called CLASSPATH if it doesn't already exist.

• Then, you'll have to identify the string that corresponds to the full path all the way to algtest.jar, for example C:\batman\cs3212\algtest.jar and add that to the CLASSPATH environment variable.

• The first entry in the CLASSPATH variable needs to be a period just by itself, as in

  

  NOTE: in some systems, you need to have that first period followed by a semi-colon.

• Every time you tinker with an environment variable, you need to launch a new command-prompt window.

• When your CLASSPATH is set up, you can check that it is set up correctly by typing echo %CLASSPATH% at the commandline (command-prompt) and examining the result.