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Dark_Firaga
Dark_Firaga

Reputation: 21

Why is my code in Java giving me so much trouble with if else statements in this specific line of code in Jgrasp?

Learning Java, now I do not know why but this code keeps giving me issues with else if statements.

public class Sherlock
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        String answer = "Watson";
        String response = "";
        int tries = 0;
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        while (tries <=3); 
        {
            System.out.print("Enter the name of Sherlock's partner, and     dear friend. ");
            response = input.nextLine();
            tries++;

            if (response.equals ("Watson"))
            while (tries<= 3) 
            {
                System.out.println("Yes, that is right, Barrel Rider.");
                break;
            }
            else if (tries == 3)
            {
                System.out.println("Ooooh, sorry kid but it looks like you are     S.O.L.");
                break; 
            }
               else
               while (tries <= 3)
              {
           System.out.println("Sorry, try again!");
              }

        }
    }
}

The if else statement error has been more or less solved, but now I'm getting a different error:

Sherlock.java:24: error: break outside switch or loop break; ^ 1 error

Why does it keep insisting I put break outside the switch or loop?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 180

Answers (1)

SamTebbs33
SamTebbs33

Reputation: 5647

remove the semi-colons from the if statement

if (response.equals ("Watson"))

And the while loop

while (tries <=3)

These semi-colons are messing up the parsing of your control statements. The reason why the semi-colon after the if-statement messes things up is that the parser doesn't expect there to be a body due to the presence of the semi-colon, and therefore it doesn't expect there to be an else statement after an if-statement with no body.

In the future, I suggest that you make sure that you have checked your code for valid semantics and syntax. You will learn the basics about control statements from any good tutorial on YouTube.

Upvotes: 1

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