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pacvek@aol.com wrote:
> 
> /*
> MortgagePaymentCalculatorCR1.java
> 
> */
> import java.text.DecimalFormat;
> 
> public class MortgagePaymentCalculatorCR1.java:3:{
> 
> 
> 
> //initialize numerical values
> 	public static void main(String[] args)

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> '{' expected      line 7
> '}' expected      line 55
> 

You've allowed yourself to be driven by the error messages without 
really understanding them. I found it a bad idea, as a beginner, to 
write 100 lines of java and then try compiling it.

Start with this - does it compile?

   /*
    * MortgagePaymentCalculator.java
    */
   public class MortgagePaymentCalculator {
       public static void main (String[] args) {
           System.out.println("Mortgage Payment Calculator");
       }
   }

A good way for a beginner to work is to not add any extra code to the 
above until it compiles. Then add no more than two or three lines. Get 
that to compile before proceeding. Proceed in tiny steps.

If it compiles, what do you expect as output? Try running it and see if 
the actual output is as you expect. Don't add new functionality until 
the existing prototype behaves exactly how you expect.

Use indentation to help you see the structure of the program.

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