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From	Chad <cdalten@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code...
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On Oct 4, 11:33 am, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> On 10/4/2011 11:16 AM, Chad wrote:
> ...
>
> > I don't get why 'Test.x;'  in main() isn't a variable. The expression
> > 'Test.x' ends with a semicolon. So I just assumed it was a valid
> > statement. However, the java compiler tells me something different.
> > Ideas? Possible hints?
>
> See the JLS,http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/statements.html...
>
> Only certain types of expressions can be turned into a statement by
> adding a semicolon. They all have at least potential for side-effects at
> the top level.
>
> May I ask why you need to execute Test.x without doing anything with the
> result?
>

Because I was trying to figure out the error. The actual line of code
is something like

Test.x += x;

But when I stripped the line to

Test.x;

I got the same error.

Chad

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I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code... Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-04 11:16 -0700
  Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code... Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-04 11:33 -0700
    Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code... Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-04 11:43 -0700
      Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code... markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-04 12:14 -0700
      Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code... Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-04 12:20 -0700
    Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code... Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-04 14:55 -0700
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        Re: I don't why I get 'not a statement' error in the following code... Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2011-10-05 08:13 -0700
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