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Android

Posted by breckconley
breckconley
1,470 Points

whats wrong

this is what I wrote:

String[] sports = { "soccer" "hockey"
"football" };

but this is what it said:

Bummer! There is a compiler error. Please click on preview to view your syntax errors!

this is what the preview says:

JavaTester.java:65: error: '}' expected "soccer" ^ JavaTester.java:67: error: not a statement "football" ^ JavaTester.java:67: error: ';' expected "football" ^ JavaTester.java:72: error: expected taskNumber = 1; ^ JavaTester.java:73: error: illegal start of type if (sports instanceof String[]) { ^ JavaTester.java:73: error: expected if (sports instanceof String[]) { ^ JavaTester.java:73: error: ';' expected if (sports instanceof String[]) { ^ JavaTester.java:73: error: illegal start of type if (sports instanceof String[]) { ^ JavaTester.java:73: error: expected if (sports instanceof String[]) { ^ JavaTester.java:73: error: ';' expected if (sports instanceof String[]) { ^ JavaTester.java:88: error: illegal start of type } else { ^ JavaTester.java:88: error: ';' expected } else { ^ JavaTester.java:89: error: invalid method declaration; return type required fail("Make sure you're declaring the array properly as an array of Strings."); ^ JavaTester.java:89: error: illegal start of type fail("Make sure you're declaring the array properly as an array of Strings."); ^ JavaTester.java:94: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ JavaTester.java:98: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ JavaTester.java:102: error: class, interface, or enum expected } ^ 17 errors

how do I get this to work?

1 Answer

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi breckconley,

I don't know what code challenge this is from so I don't know what the exact instructions are but you're missing commas after "Soccer" and "Hockey" to separate the array items.

Post the code challenge if you're still stuck so we can see the instructions.