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Java

Asaf ahmed
Asaf ahmed
461 Points
Posted by Asaf ahmed
Asaf ahmed
461 Points

help please. 12 errors

''' public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("we are making a new pez dispenser");
System.out.printf(" FUN FACT: There are %d PEZ allowed in every dispenser %n",
                  PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ); 
PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("yoda");
 System.out.printf(" the dispenser is %s %n",
                  dispenser.getCharacterName()
                 );
if( dispenser.isEmpty()) { System.out.println("Dispenser is empty");}
System.out.println("Filling the dispenser with good PEZ");
dispenser.fill();

if(!dispenser.isEmpty()){System.out.println("Dispenser is full");} } while (dispenser.dispense()) { System.out.println("Chomp!"); }

} if (dispenser.isEmpty()) { System.out.println("ate all the pEz");

}''' console: '''Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Example.java:25: error: illegal start of type
while (dispenser.dispense()) {
^
Example.java:25: error: <identifier> expected
while (dispenser.dispense()) {
^
Example.java:25: error: ';' expected
while (dispenser.dispense()) {
^
Example.java:25: error: illegal start of type
while (dispenser.dispense()) {
^
Example.java:25: error: <identifier> expected
while (dispenser.dispense()) {
^
Example.java:25: error: ';' expected
while (dispenser.dispense()) {
^
Example.java:26: error: illegal start of type
System.out.println("Chomp!");
^
Example.java:26: error: ';' expected
System.out.println("Chomp!");
^
Example.java:26: error: invalid method declaration; return type required
System.out.println("Chomp!");
^
Example.java:26: error: illegal start of type
System.out.println("Chomp!");
^
Example.java:29: error: class, interface, or enum expected
}
^
Example.java:35: error: class, interface, or enum expected '''

1 Answer

Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
5,311 Points
Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
5,311 Points

Hi Asaf,

I've gone through your code, and taken a look. (On a side note if you use 3 back ticks and type Java before your code and use 3 back ticks afterwards your code will be formatted like mine below).

I use Java everyday but I'll admit to not having gone through this bit of Treehouse so I don't know if all the methods are correct but it looked to me like you simply misplaced some curly braces. Using proper indentation can help catch these errors.

public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args) {

    System.out.println("we are making a new pez dispenser");
    System.out.printf(" FUN FACT: There are %d PEZ allowed in every dispenser %n", PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ); 

    PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("yoda");
     System.out.printf(" the dispenser is %s %n", dispenser.getCharacterName() );

    if( dispenser.isEmpty()) { 
        System.out.println("Dispenser is empty");
    }

    System.out.println("Filling the dispenser with good PEZ");
    dispenser.fill();

    if(!dispenser.isEmpty()){
        System.out.println("Dispenser is full");
    } 

    while (dispenser.dispense()) {
         System.out.println("Chomp!");
    }

    if (dispenser.isEmpty()) { 
        System.out.println("ate all the pEz");
    }
}

Hope this helps Daniel