Java "<identifier> expected" error.

nro · 08-31-2004, 06:29 PM

I have a couple simple lines of code, one of which is giving me trouble.

Code:

JTextField txtDisplay = new JTextField();
txtDisplay.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);

The text field is created fine, but configuring the alignment is giving trouble. If you see the trouble with my code, please let me know.
The definition for setHorizontalAlignment is:

public void setHorizontalAlignment(int alignment)

Here is my error:

calculator/calculator.java [12:1] <identifier> expected
txtDisplay.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
-------------------------------------^
1 error
Errors compiling calculator

ToniT · 08-31-2004, 06:44 PM

This compiles for me:

Code:

import javax.swing.*;

public class Foo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	JTextField txtDisplay = new JTextField();
	txtDisplay.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.RIGHT);
    }
    
}

Mega Man X · 09-01-2004, 12:20 AM

I'm not sure if you know about this:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/

but it has a lot of examples about Java classes. I also agree with ToniT, looks like you are forgetting to import the classes...