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Java Java Data Structures Organizing Data Arrays

sachin gupta
sachin gupta
2,553 Points
Posted by sachin gupta
sachin gupta
2,553 Points

error in compiling in workspace

Example.java:24: error: <identifier> expected
Arrays.sort(treets);

i am not able to identify this error. I've written the exact same code as in the course video still this error arose and I am not able to remove it.

Britt Danzer
Britt Danzer
19,539 Points

I have the same problem with the compiler being unable to process the code dealing with Arrays, I've rewatched the video a couple of times to try to fix this problem but it is still not working, maybe I just need a fresh perspective

Here's my code on Example.java: 

import java.util.Arrays; 

import java.util.Date; 

import com.teamtreehouse.Treet;
import com.teamtreehouse.Treets;

public class Example {

  public static void main ( String [] args ) {
    Treet treet = new Treet (
      "craigsdennis", 
      "Want to be famous? Simply tweet about Java and use " +
      "the hashtag #treet. I'll"+ 
      "use your tweet in a new" +
      "@treehouse course about data structures.", 
      new Date(1421849732000L)
    );
    Treet secondTreet = new Treet(
      "journeytocode", 
      "@treehouse makes learning Java sooo fun! #treet", 
      new Date (1421849732000L)
    ); 
    System.out.printf("This is a new Treet:  %s %n", treet);
    System.out.println ("The words are:");
    for (String word: treet.getWords()) {
      System.out.println("word");
    }

  }

  Treet[] treets = { treet, secondTreet};
  Arrays.sort(treets);
  for (Treet exampleTreet : treets) {
    System.out.println(exampleTreet);
  } 
  Treets.save(treets); 
}

and here is the error mesage: 

Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m                                                                          
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m                                                                              
Example.java:33: error: <identifier> expected                                                                  
  Arrays.sort(treets);                                                                                         
             ^                                                                                                 
Example.java:33: error: <identifier> expected                                                                  
  Arrays.sort(treets);                                                                                         
                    ^                                                                                          
Example.java:34: error: illegal start of type                                                                  
  for (Treet exampleTreet : treets) {                                                                          
  ^                                                                                                            
Example.java:34: error: ')' expected                                                                           
  for (Treet exampleTreet : treets) {                                                                          
                         ^                                                                                     
Example.java:34: error: <identifier> expected                                                                  
  for (Treet exampleTreet : treets) {                                                                          
                                  ^

2 Answers

William Higgins
William Higgins
5,904 Points
William Higgins
William Higgins
5,904 Points

Provide more of your code.

It likely something on a previous line of code.

sachin gupta
sachin gupta
2,553 Points
sachin gupta
sachin gupta
2,553 Points

I don't know how to attach the workspace code to my question, can u please guide me how?