For some reason I can't get the "or" command to work, the pipelines always show up as being incorrect syntax. What now?

public static void main(String[] args) { Console console = System.console(); /* Some terms: noun - Person, place or thing verb - An action adjective - A description used to modify or describe a noun Enter your amazing code here! */ String ageAsString = console.readLine("How old are you? "); int age = Integer.parseInt(ageAsString); if (age < 13) { console.printf("Sorry, you must be at least 13 to use this program. \n"); System.exit(0); } String name = console.readLine("Enter your name: "); String adjective = console.readLine("Enter an adjective: "); String noun =console.readLine("Enter a noun: "); if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork")) || noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk")) { console.printf("The language is not allowed. Exiting! \n\n"); System.exit(0); } String gerund = console.readLine("Enter a gerund: "); String adverb = console.readLine("Enter an averb: "); }

Looks like you might have too many close parens in your if statement.

if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork")) || 
      noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk"))

So after "dork" the first close paren closes the equalsIgnoreCase() method call, the second close paren closes the condition for the if statement. That causes the || to be outside the conditional statement so the compiler doesn't know what to do with it. Delete that second paren and you should be good.

Side Note: if you have the error narrowed down to one line just post that line instead of the full class. Will help us respond quicker.

As for the forum question, students and teachers are able to answer and post questions in the forum. For the most part it is left to the students though because nothing solidifies a concept like answering someone else's questions about it.

Also I for sure don't think you wasted your money, TreeHouse is an amazing resource for anyone trying to learn software development. Try taking a class online at a University and you will pay $150+ per month to watch 2 hour long lecture videos and no guided interactive practice, just huge programming projects.

Hey Roger, could you post your code please?

Do you use || command?

And i dont think at all, that you wasted your money. Treehouse is awesome .....

public static void main(String[] args) { Console console = System.console(); /* Some terms: noun - Person, place or thing verb - An action adjective - A description used to modify or describe a noun Enter your amazing code here! */ String ageAsString = console.readLine("How old are you? "); int age = Integer.parseInt(ageAsString); if (age < 13) { console.printf("Sorry, you must be at least 13 to use this program. \n"); System.exit(0); } String name = console.readLine("Enter your name: "); String adjective = console.readLine("Enter an adjective: "); String noun =console.readLine("Enter a noun: "); if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dork")) || noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk")) { console.printf("The language is not allowed. Exiting! \n\n"); System.exit(0); } String gerund = console.readLine("Enter a gerund: "); String adverb = console.readLine("Enter an averb: "); }

You can see it better here. small question does anyone from treehouse answer these question or just students?