<identifier> expected errors

From:
eternalodin@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:01:30 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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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();
        */

    }

}
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