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C# C# Basics (Retired) Console I/O Formatting Output

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points
Posted by Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points

Error on different line to the one reported

When Jeremy got an error message, it was reported to be on line 20 but it was actually line 16 that was missing a semi-colon at the end. And the number of characters on line 16 was a lot more than 9.

1 Answer

bothxp
bothxp
16,510 Points

Hi Sean,

Yes, what gets reported is the place at which the compiler discovers that an error has been made. Line 20, column 9 is the place where the compiler comes across the } when it was expecting a ;

So you have to start at that location and then backtrack to find the place where you missed the ;