Hi can anyone help me i get an illegal start of expression public static void main everytime i try to compile.My code is below.
Thanks...

public static void main (String []args){
PrylDialog pd=new PrylDialog();
System.out.println("Welcome!!!!! ");
int option=0;
do{
option=pd.kommando();
switch(option){
case 1:pd.skapaPerson();
break;
case 2: pd.skapaPryl();
break;
case 3: pd.visaAlla();
break;
case 4: pd.visaRikast();
break;
case 5: pd.visaVissPerson();
break;
case 6: pd.börskrasch();
break;
case 7: System.out.println("That's all folks... ");
}
}
while (option!=7);
}
}

Hi freddiecool and welcome to DaniWeb,

Not sure if this is your problem, but your variables should be initialised as private. ie:

At which line do you get the Error?

No, those are local variables inside the method. They do not have access modifiers like "private".

We need to see what comes directly before the method. That error normally occurrs because you've done something wrong before that, such as not closing a previous method, or forgetting a semicolon on the previous line, etc.

you might want to check if the error is in pryDialog() because to me, your code should not give you an error

That error is a compiler error, and as I have said, it is normally triggered by what came before. I.e. the previous method does not have a closing brace (so you then are effectively trying to declare a method within a method) or the last statement is missing the semicolon (which then means that the method declaration is effectively part of the previous statement) are the two main causes of this.

Oops ... good point.

This is my whole code, if anyone could spot the problem.Im not sure which line it is but it is an illegal start of expresion "public static void main(String []args){" at the end of the code.
(It is underlined). ^


import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;

class PrylDialog {
ArrayList<Person> personer=new ArrayList<Person>();

Scanner scan=new Scanner(System.in);

String readString(String fraga){
System.out.print(fraga);
String str=scan.nextLine();
return str;
}

int readInt (String fraga){
for(;{

try{
System.out.print(fraga);
int x= Integer.parseInt(scan.nextLine());
return x;
}
catch (NumberFormatException e){
System.out.println("Fel - skall vara numerisk värde ");
}
}
}

Person getPerson(String na){
for (Person p : personer)
if (p.getNamn().equalsIgnoreCase(na))
return p;
return null;
}
Prylar getPrylar(String prylr){
for (Prylar pro : prylar)
if (pro.getPrylNamn().equalsIgnoreCase(prylr))
return pro;
return null;
}

int kommando(){
for(;{
int option=readInt("\n1 Skapa person\n2 Skapa pryl\n3 Visa alla\n4 Visa rikast\n5 Visa viss person\n6 Börskrasch\n7 Avsluta\n\n Ditt val: ");
if (option>=1 && option<=7)
return option;
else
System.out.println("Felaktig kommando, ska vara 1-7\\n");
}
}

void skapaPerson(){
String namn=readString("Namn: ");;
if (getPerson(namn)!=null){
System.out.println ("Person med namn-"+namn+" finns redan");
return;
}
Person pers= new Person(namn);
personer.add(pers);
}

void skapaPrylar(){
String pryl = readString("Vilken sorts pryl: ");
String namn = readString("Vilken person äger prylen: ");
Person p=getPerson(namn);
if (p==null){
System.out.println("Det finns inget person som heter "+namn);
return;
}

if (pryl.equalsIgnoreCase("Smycke")){
int v=readInt("Vikt: ");
int sten=readInt("Antal ädelstenar: ");
Smycke sm=new Smycke(pryl, v, sten);
getPerson(namn).prylar.add(sm);
}
else if (pryl.equalsIgnoreCase("apparater")){
int inkop =readInt("Pris: ");
int slit=readInt("Värde (1-10): ");
if (slit<1 && slit>10)
System.out.println("You Wroonnng FOOL!!!");
return;
Apparater ap= new Apparater(pryl, inkop, slit);
getPerson(namn).prylar.add(ap);
}
else if (pryl.equalsIgnoreCase("Aktie")){
int pris=readInt("Pris: ");
int antAkt=readInt("Antal aktier: ");
Aktie akt=new Aktie(pryl, antAkt, pris);
getPerson(namn).prylar.add(akt);
}

public static void main (String []args){
^

PrylDialog pd=new PrylDialog();
System.out.println("Welcome!!!!! ");
int option=0;
do{
option=pd.kommando();
switch(option){
case 1:pd.skapaPerson();
break;
case 2: pd.skapaPryl();
break;
case 3: pd.visaAlla();
break;
case 4: pd.visaRikast();
break;
case 5: pd.visaVissPerson();
break;
case 6: pd.börskrasch();
break;
case 7: System.out.println("That's all folks... ");
}
}

while(option !=7);

};
}
}


Ps. if you see a smiley in the code, it is a ';'.Not sure how to get rid of it.
thanks for the help.

your
method is not closed. add another
above the
line