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Java Java Basics Perfecting the Prototype Conditional ints

Navdeep Sekhon
Navdeep Sekhon
1,616 Points

compiler error

int numberOfPeople = 3; if(numberOfPeople < 4)   {console.printf("your table is ready"); System.exit(0);};

Conditional.java
int numberOfPeople = 3;
if(numberOfPeople < 4)  
{console.printf("your table is ready");
System.exit(0);};

2 Answers

You shouldn't/can't add a semicolon (; is a semicolon) to the end of the closing curly brace (} is a closing curly brace).

Try this:

int numberOfPeople = 3;
if (numberOfPeople < 4) {
    console.printf("Your table is ready");
    System.exit(0);
}