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Start your free trialAlessandro Agostinelli
2,174 PointsCan someone tell me what im doing wrong?
Working on the treestory course, when i run it in workspace it says illegal start to type but i checked everything and it looks exactly like craigs. please help
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsCan you post the error message; does it give you a line number for the issue?
Alessandro Agostinelli
2,174 PointsError Message:
if (isInvalidword) {
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
TreeStory.java:29: error: cannot find symbol
if (isInvalidword) {
^
symbol: variable isInvalidword
location: class TreeStory
TreeStory.java:29: error: illegal start of type
if (isInvalidword) {
^
2 errors
Alessandro Agostinelli
2,174 PointsThank you so much
1 Answer
Caleb Kemp
12,755 PointsThe problem is really quite simple, when you initialized boolean isInvalidWord, you made "Word" captilized, when you call the variable on line 29, you typed "isInvalidword", word lowercased. Therefore, because they are spelled differently, java thinks you are trying to create a brand new variable without a type listed.
solution: fix the typo and change "isInvalidword" to "isInvalidWord" on line 29.
[MOD: changed comment to answer and +1'd - srh]
Alessandro Agostinelli
2,174 PointsAlessandro Agostinelli
2,174 PointsError message: if (isInvalidword) {
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
TreeStory.java:29: error: cannot find symbol
if (isInvalidword) {
^
symbol: variable isInvalidword
location: class TreeStory
TreeStory.java:29: error: illegal start of type
if (isInvalidword) {
^
2 errors