Re: <identifier> expected errors

From:
eternalodin@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:10:33 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<02925821-97f6-4508-a1ce-45fbe30ab6d8@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com>
On Nov 16, 8:01 pm, eternalo...@gmail.com wrote:

Hello all,

I am trying to create the "user interface" part of my BlackJack school
assignment and i am continually encountering
"<identifier> expected"
compile error.
I understand that this means that i am acessing a method or variable
that doesnt belong to the current class or somesuch, but i myself cant
see anything wrong (its hot and the heat is melting my brains lol).
I would greatly appreciate feedback (feedback other then the typical
java-nerd "learn to make Hello World.java")
on how I can fix this or what i am doing wrong

[code]
/*
* A class to display song data to the user.
*
* This class belongs to the User Interface layer of this application.
*
* All communication with the user is done in this class.
*/

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class CardUserInterface
{
        //create a CardWorker object to get the songs
        private CardWorker cardWorker;
        //create a Scanner object to get data from the keyboard
        private Scanner input;
        //a CardList object to store the songs
        private CardList cardList;

        //these following varibles directly effect the game
        //creates a player name
        public static String playerName;
        public static Double bankBalance;
        public static Double betAmount;

        Card [] pc = new Card[4];
        Card [] dc = new Card[4];

        public CardUserInterface()
        {
                cardWorker = new CardWorker();
                input = new Scanner(System.in);
        }

        public void begin()
        {
                //players start the game with a bank balance of 1000 dollars
                bankBalance = 1000.00d;

                //say hello

System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println("Welcome to BlackJack!");

System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println();

                //blackjack initial menu
                System.out.println("Please Enter Player Name");
                System.out.print("-->");

                String playerName = input.nextLine();

                System.out.println();
                menu();

        }

        public void menu()
                System.out.println("Welcome to the Highly Illegal RMIT Java
BlackJack Tables " + playerName);
                System.out.println("Please select from the following options:");
                System.out.println();

System.out.println("------------------------------------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println();
                System.out.println("1. Play BlackJack");
                System.out.println("2. Change Player Name");
                System.out.println("3. View Rules");
                System.out.println("4. Leave Table");
                System.out.println();
                System.out.println("Please enter the number of your selection:");
                System.out.print("-->");

                int choice = input.nextInt();

                System.out.println();

                while(choice != -1)
                {
                        if(choice ==1)
                        {
                                game();
                        }

                        if(choice ==2)
                        {
                                begin();
                        }

                        if(choice ==3)
                        {
                                rules();
                        }

                        if(choice ==4)
                        {
                                quit();
                                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"RMIT Security Raid! RUN!");
                                break;
                                //System.exit(0);
                        }
                }

        public void game()

        try
        {
                //store the cards in the list
                cardList = cardWorker.readCardsFromFile("cards.txt");
        }
                //if the file can't be found
                catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe);
                {
                        System.out.println("File Not Found. You Are Now Being Ejected From
The Casino");
                        System.exit(0);
        }

                //Card c = new Card();
                pc[0] = cardList.dealCard();

                System.out.println(c.toString());

                c = cardList.dealCard();

                System.out.println(c.toString());

        public void rules()
        {
                System.out.println("BlackJack is a very simple game, where the
ultimate goal is to attain a 2 card combined value of 21");
                System.out.println("The numeric values of certain cards are as
follows:");
                System.out.println(cardList.getAllCardsAsString());
                System.out.println();
        }

        public void quit()
        {

System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println("Thanks for gambling your money away at RMIT, "
+ playerName);
                System.out.println("You walk away from the table with $" +
bankBalance);
        }

/*

                //ask for the file where the cards are stored
                System.out.print("Enter the name of the file where your card data is
stored: ");
                String filename = input.nextLine();
                System.out.println();

                //ask for players name and prints it out
                System.out.print("Please enter your Player Name: ");

                System.out.println();
                System.out.println("Welcome to BlackJack, " +playerName);

                //asks for players balance
                System.out.println("Your current bank balance is: $" +bankBalance);

*/

                /*
                //try and read the songs from the file
                try
                {
                        //store the songs in the list
                        cardList = cardWorker.readCardsFromFile(filename);
                }
                //if the file can't be found
                catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe)
                {
                        //display an error message and the program will end
                        //[try altering this code so that the user gets another go at
entering
                        //the correct filename...]
                        System.out.println("Couldn't find that file. I'm going to have to
close down now...");
                        System.exit(0);
                }

                //display the cards

System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println(cardList.getAllCardsAsString());

System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println();
                //finish

System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println("Thank you for playing :>");

System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------");
                System.out.println();
                */

        }

}

[/code]


Ok ive got everything working to a degree... sort of.
When I run the main class, and I input the player name in the
begin() method, it returns a null value in the menu() method.

I was too lazy to code get and set methods for player names earlier,
does this mean I have to do it now? Or is there something wrong
with the code I have presently?

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