What's wrong with Hello World in scala?

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I am learning scala from docs.scala-lang.org. There is an example

object HelloYou extends App {
    if (args.size == 0)
        println("Hello, you")
    else
        println("Hello, " + args(0))
}

After compiling with scalac I run scala HelloYou Al and get

java.lang.NullPointerException

followed by

    at java.lang.reflect.Array.getLength(Native Method)
    at scala.collection.ArrayOps$.size$extension(ArrayOps.scala:197)
    at HelloYou$.<clinit>(HelloYou.scala:2)
    at HelloYou.main(HelloYou.scala)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

What's wrong? It's my first experience of a language where Hello, World is not working...

Details

scala -version
Scala code runner version 3.1.1 -- Copyright 2002-2022, LAMP/EPFL

java -version
java version "1.8.0_321"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_321-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.321-b07, mixed mode)
scala-3 scala java
2 Answers
user_12161660

App was never a good idea to begin with, just write a normal main method.

object HelloYou:
  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit =
    args.toList match
      case Nil =>
        println("Hello, you")

      case name :: Nil =>
        println(s"Hello, ${name}")

      case _ =>
        println("Hello, you all")
  end main
end HelloYou
user_41114040
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