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From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: New to java, Help please ;)?
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markspace wrote:
> Andre Ramseier wrote:
>> public class Main
>> {
>>      public static void main (String [] args);
>                                               ^^^
>>      }
>> }
>>
>> Getting error when compiling:
>> <Identifier>  not expected at code: System.out.println ("Please enter
>> your score: ");
>=20
> The version you posted is missing an open brace where I've indicated abov=
e.

That would be instead of the semicolon at the end of the 'public static voi=
d main' line.

'main' is a method (what some other languages might call a "function").  A =
method definition begins with an optional access specifier, 'public' here. =
 Then it has an optional 'static'.  Then the return type, 'void'.  Then the=
 name of the method, 'main', followed by parentheses containing arguments, =
if any.=20

After the closing parentheses you need a method body surrounded by curly br=
aces,  "{" and "}".

Put it all together:

  public static void main(String [] args ) {
    // method body here
  }

This is covered in the Java tutorials:
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/>
and for this question particularly,=20
<http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methods.html>

--=20
Lew