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Why am I getting so many errors?

TreeStory.java:21: error: not a statement
console.printf("%s is a %s %s. ",name,adjective,noun);
^
TreeStory.java:21: error: ';' expected
console.printf("%s is a %s %s. ",name,adjective,noun);
^
TreeStory.java:21: error: not a statement
console.printf("%s is a %s %s. ",name,adjective,noun);
^
TreeStory.java:21: error: ';' expected
console.printf("%s is a %s %s. ",name,adjective,noun);
^
TreeStory.java:21: error: not a statement
console.printf("%s is a %s %s. ",name,adjective,noun);
^
TreeStory.java:21: error: ';' expected
console.printf("%s is a %s %s. ",name,adjective,noun);
^

1 Answer

Craig Dennis
STAFF
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

I can't see all of your code, but usually this means you are missing a semi-colon, probably on line 20. If you want to share all your code I can help you get it sorted out if you haven't figured it out yet.