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Ashish Sharma
55 PointsI am encountering the same error again and again.Help me out
import java.io.Console;
public class TreeStory {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Console console = System.console();
/* Some terms:
noun - Person, place or thing
verb - An action
adjective - A description used to modify or describe a noun
Enter your amazing code here!
*/
String ageAsString = console.readLine("How old are you? ");
int age = Integer.parseInt(ageAsString);
if (age < 13){
console.printf("sorry fuck off");
System.exit(0);
}
String yourname = console.readLine(" What is your name: ");
String adjective = console.readLine(" write an adjective: ");
String noun;
do {
noun = console.readLine("write a noun: ");
if (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dumb") ||
(noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk")) {
console.printf("You have a small one. \n\n");
}
} while((noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dick") || (noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk"));
console.printf("%s is very %s. %s", yourname, adjective, noun);
}
}
can you point out where is the mistake it keeps saying TreeStory.java:35: error: ';' expected console.printf("%s is very %s. %s", yourname, adjective, noun);
1 Answer

Emil Rais
26,819 PointsMind the language :-)
There are three small syntactical errors.
Inside your do while construct you have an if. The if condition's parentheses do not match.
If you remove the open parenthesis before noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk")
it will fix that issue.
The other two errors are inside the while portion of the do while construct.
If you remove the open parenthesis before noun.equalsIgnoreCase("dick")
and the open parenthesis before noun.equalsIgnoreCase("jerk")
everything should compile again.
Ashish Sharma
55 PointsAshish Sharma
55 PointsYou just made my day.Thanks and yeah sorry for the language i was just playing around