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Joehot200
Joehot200

Reputation: 1090

Error with declaring a variable?

I am probably just being stupid, but I am attempting to create a variable and am getting this error:

Syntax error on token "continue", invalid VariableDeclaratorId

The line of code is

static boolean continue = false;

For some reason if I change the variable name it seems to work, however I would really prefer to use the variable name "continue" because it is easier to remember than "cont" or any other variation, which is important to me.

So, is there any way that I can declare this variable?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 840

Answers (3)

SparkOn
SparkOn

Reputation: 8946

The javadoc says Also keep in mind that the name you choose must not be a keyword or reserved word.

As continue is a keyword in the Java language, so you can never use it as a identifier for your variable.

Upvotes: 0

Rakesh KR
Rakesh KR

Reputation: 6527

continue is a predefined keyword in Java.

You cannot use varaiableName as reserved keywords.

This shows the list of keywords in Java

Upvotes: 0

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Reputation: 15860

Continue is a keyword in the Java language, so you cannot use it as a identifier for your variable. Declare the variable you have as

static boolean continue = false;

You cannot use the variable names as one of the keywords of the language. Otherwise you'll get this error while compiling the code.

If you still want the continue, use it as Upper Case. Or change it to something else. But not the continue as it is.

Upvotes: 8

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