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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Coding the Fun Facts Using Conditionals (else Statements)

Posted by Anthony Rubio
Anthony Rubio
662 Points

Why is my else if statement showing up as an error?

if (randomNumber == 0); { fact = "ants stretch in the morning"; } else if (randomNumber == 1); { fact = "Ostriches can run faster than horses"; } else if (randomNumber == 2);{ fact = "Olympic gold medals are mostly made out of silver"; } else{ fact = "sorry there was an error"; }

else is showing up as an error and said 'else' without 'if' idk what that means.

1 Answer

David Omar
David Omar
5,676 Points
David Omar
David Omar
5,676 Points

Think its because your putting semicolons after your if and else if statements. Remove the semi colon after the parenthesis 

if (randomNumber == 0) {
    fact = "ants stretch in the morning"; 
} 
else if (randomNumber == 1) { 
    fact = "Ostriches can run faster than horses"; 
} 
else if (randomNumber == 2) { 
    fact = "Olympic gold medals are mostly made out of silver"; 
}
 else { 
    fact = "sorry there was an error";
 }
Anthony Rubio
Anthony Rubio
662 Points

edit: you were right, thanks alot!

David Omar
David Omar
5,676 Points
David Omar
David Omar
5,676 Points

Did you try out my solution? Sometimes an error comes from something that happens before the actual line that is outputting the error. Putting the semicolon after the parenthesis terminates the statement