Can't run Kotlin programs on the command line - kotlin

Question

I have downloaded the kotlin compiler 1.2.21 zip file, extracted it to C:\Program files\ and also added the bin folder in the system PATH variable. I had already installed and configured JDK.
I wrote a simple program, saved it in C:\USERS\USER\ with the name args.kts and ran it in cmd with this command : kts args.kts Hello
But I am getting this error every time :
exception: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 11052 out of bounds for length 11052
at org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.readUnsignedShort(ClassReader.java:2464)
at org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.readUTF8(ClassReader.java:2525)
at org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.readModule(ClassReader.java:761)
at org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(ClassReader.java:646)
at org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.accept(ClassReader.java:507)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.modules.JavaModuleInfo$Companion.read(JavaModuleInfo.kt:67) at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.modules.CliJavaModuleFinder.findSystemModule(CliJavaModuleFinder.kt:44)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.modules.CliJavaModuleFinder.access$findSystemModule(CliJavaModuleFinder.kt:25)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.modules.CliJavaModuleFinder$systemModules$1.invoke(CliJavaModuleFinder.kt:37)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.modules.CliJavaModuleFinder$systemModules$1.invoke(CliJavaModuleFinder.kt:25) at kotlin.sequences.TransformingSequence$iterator$1.next(Sequences.kt:149) at kotlin.sequences.FilteringSequence$iterator$1.calcNext(Sequences.kt:109)
at kotlin.sequences.FilteringSequence$iterator$1.hasNext(Sequences.kt:133)
at kotlin.sequences.FlatteningSequence$iterator$1.ensureItemIterator(Sequences.kt:254)
at kotlin.sequences.FlatteningSequence$iterator$1.hasNext(Sequences.kt:241)
at kotlin.sequences.SequencesKt___SequencesKt.none(_Sequences.kt:1239)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.ClasspathRootsResolver.addModularRoots(ClasspathRootsResolver.kt:227)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.ClasspathRootsResolver.computeRoots(ClasspathRootsResolver.kt:124)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.ClasspathRootsResolver.convertClasspathRoots(ClasspathRootsResolver.kt:79)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment.<init>(KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt:230)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment.<init>(KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt:114)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment$Companion.createForProduction(KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt:409)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.createCoreEnvironment(K2JVMCompiler.kt:286)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.createEnvironmentWithScriptingSupport(K2JVMCompiler.kt:276)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:170)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:63)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.java:109)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.java:53)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:92)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:70)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:36)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool$Companion.doMainNoExit(CLITool.kt:157)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool$Companion.doMain(CLITool.kt:148)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler$Companion.main(K2JVMCompiler.kt:343)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.main(K2JVMCompiler.kt)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.preloading.Preloader.run(Preloader.java:81)
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.preloading.Preloader.main(Preloader.java:43)
FYI, I followed this site : http://otfried.org/courses/cs109/project-install.html
This is my code inside the args.kts file which was provided in the above mentioned site :
println("Your arguments are:")
for (i in 0 until args.size) {
println("$i: ${args[i]}")
}
Please tell me what to do.

Answer 1

I followed the instructions for the "Manual Install"
at Working with the Command Line Compiler .
If you need the Kotlin REPL, install Kotlin 1.3.31 - 1.3.40 crashes.
Worked perfectly on my Lubuntu 16.04 LTS.
I have no Windows to try it. Sorry.
But it's a tutorial by JetBrains. They should know.
Besides, you can find more of their documentation and tutorials there.
Good luck and happy learning !

Answer 2

I think [Benjamin Charais] (https://stackoverflow.com/users/7729375/benjamin-charais) is right.
There are args.size arguments. So your loop should be:
for (i in 0 until (args.size - 1)) { ...
Sorry, I wasted your time before.