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Java Arithmatic problem

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  • 29-04-2009 12:40am
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    shockframe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭


    Just new to java myself but i have the helloworld program completed and am on to the arithmatic which i saw on youtube.the problem i have is that when i run the command on the command prompt all i get is this

    C:\Users\MyName\Desktop>javac Arithmatic.java
    Arithmatic.java:8: ';' expected
    ^

    1 error.

    does anyone know where i am going wrong with this.


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    Thomas_S_Hunterson
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    You forgot a semicolon (probably on line 7/8 of the program.) or otherwise you've got something else slightly messed up, care to post the code?


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    Ass
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    Pro Tip: Read the compiler errors.


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    ronivek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭ronivek


    shockframe wrote: »
    Just new to java myself but i have the helloworld program completed and am on to the arithmatic which i saw on youtube.the problem i have is that when i run the command on the command prompt all i get is this

    C:\Users\MyName\Desktop>javac Arithmatic.java
    Arithmatic.java:8: ';' expected
    ^

    1 error.

    does anyone know where i am going wrong with this.

    It's a pretty self explanatory error; although you may not be used to interpreting them.

    It's telling you that in the source code file Arithmatic.java on line number 8 that the compiler expected to find a ';' character but none was found. Typically this means you have a statement which should be terminated with a ';' character but you've omitted it.

    The general format of these compiler errors is as follows;

    Arithmatic.java:8: ';' expected
    <Source Code File>:<Line Number>:<Error Description>


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