Illegal Start of Expression
- by Kraivyne
Hello there, I have just started to learn the very basics of Java programming. Using a book entitled "Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius".
I have had an Illegal Start of Expression error that I can't for the life of me get rid of. I have checked the sample code from the book and mine is identical.
The error is coming from the for(int i = difficulty; i = 0; i- - ) line.
Thanks for helping a newbie out.
import javax.swing.*;
public class S1P4
{public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
int difficulty;
difficulty = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("How good are you?\n"+
"1 = Great\n"+"10 = Terrible"));
boolean cont = false;
do
{
cont = false;
double num1 = (int)(Math.round(Math.random()*10));
double num2;
do
{
num2 = (int)(Math.round(Math.random()*10));
}
while(num2==0.0);
int sign = (int)(Math.round(Math.random()*3));
double answer;
System.out.println("\n\n*****");
if(sign==0)
{
System.out.println(num1+" times "+num2);
answer = num1*num2;
}
else if(sign==1)
{
System.out.println(num1+" divided by"+num2);
answer = num1/num2;
}
else if(sign==1)
{
System.out.println(num1+" plus "+num2);
answer = num1+num2;
}
else if(sign==1)
{
System.out.println(num1+" minus "+num2);
answer = num1-num2;
}
else
{
System.out.println(num1+" % "+num2);
answer = num1%num2;
}
System.out.println("*****\n");
for(int i = difficulty; i >= 0; i- - )
{
System.out.println(i+"...");
Thread.sleep(500);
}
System.out.println("ANSWER: "+answer);
String again;
again = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Play again?");
if(again.equals("yes"))
cont = true;
}
while(cont);
}
}
