Calling main method in another class using command line arguements

Hi
My program need to use 4 strings command line arguments
entered in Project properties/Run/Application Parameters
java programming for beginners // arguments
The program needs to call main in the second class 4 times using argument 1 the first call, argument 2 the second call on so on.
So the output wil be
java
programming
for
beginners
import java.lang.*;
public class First extends Second{
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++){
       Second.main(args); // Error I think
import java.lang.*;
public class Second {
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println(args[0]);
"First.java": Error #: 300 : method main(java.lang.String) not found in class Second at line 6, column 15
I am only a beginner with little knowledge of java so can the code be as basic as possible

Your style looks quite bad for starters..... Hows
this://import java.lang.*; /* NOT NEEDED */
public class First extends Second{
public First(String s) {
super(s);
public static void main(String[] args) {
for(int i = 0; i < args.length; i++){
new First(s);
public class Second {
public Second(String s)
System.out.println(s);
NOT NEEDED:
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println(args[0]);
}My question to you: Do you understand why my code
works? (does it do what you want?)I think since this is some kind of lesson, the OP have to implement some way to use the main method of the Second class as it is, that is, with String[] args. I think this lesson is interesting exactly because of this requirenment. But, anyway, I don�t know, that is just my assumption...

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