Syntax Errors

Objectives

1. Understand, to some extent, syntax errors
2. See, identify and fix some common syntax errors.

Notes

• Syntax errors occur when your program is not syntactically correct.
• For the first part of your programming career syntax errors will be your bane.
• Later they will only be a little bother.
• This will mostly be a live demo.
• Here are some problems to try
  • Class name does not match file name.
  • Misspell various reserved words
  • remove required elements such as {, ", and ,.
  • Do multiple of these
• Note in each case the java compiler tells you what went wrong
  • But sometimes you can confuse it and get multiple error messages for a single error
  • So fix the first (top) error first
  • Recompile and repeat.