Unclosed Character Literal error

Java uses double quotes for "String" and single quotes for 'C'haracters.

In Java, single quotes can only take one character, with escape if necessary. You need to use full quotation marks as follows for strings:

y = "hello";

You also used

System.out.println(g);

which I assume should be

System.out.println(y);

Note: When making char values (you'll likely use them later) you need single quotes. For example:

char foo='m';