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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Incrementing and Decrementing

Edward Pinto
Edward Pinto
459 Points

Incrementing section. error in while statement

I am getting an error compiling my code Example.java public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args) { // Your amazing code goes here... System.out.println("We are making a new PEZ Dispenser"); System.out.printf("FUN FACT: There are %d PEZ allow in ever dispenser %n", PezDispenser.MAX_PEZ); PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser("Yoda"); System.out.printf("The dispenser is %s %n", dispenser.getCharacterName() ); if (dispenser.isEmpty()) { System.out.println("Dispenser is empty"); } System.out.println("Filling the dispenser with Pez.."); dispenser.fill();
if(!dispenser.isEmpty()) { System.out.println("Dispenser is full"); }

  while (dispenser.dispense)()) {
  System.out.println("Chomp!");
  }

if(dispenser.isEmpty()) { System.out.println("Ate all the Pez"); }

}

}

Error +

icked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Example.java:21: error: illegal start of type
while (dispenser.dispense)()) {
^
Example.java:21: error: <identifier> expected
while (dispenser.dispense)()) {
^
Example.java:21: error: ';' expected
while (dispenser.dispense)()) {
^
Example.java:31: error: class, interface, or enum expected
}

1 Answer

Change from this:

while (dispenser.dispense)()) {
    System.out.println("Chomp!");
}

to this:

while (dispenser.dispense()) {
  System.out.println("Chomp!");
  }

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