[SOLVED] Need help with an if statement

[leonardjr]

I need the if statement to work if the isValid statement comes back true but i'm getting an error saying it can't fing the isValid statement... what am I doing wrong?

import java.util.Scanner;

public class CheckTriangles {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
    
    //Prompt user to enter side values
    System.out.print("Enter side 1 value: ");
    double side1=input.nextDouble();
    System.out.print("Enter side 2 value: ");
    double side2=input.nextDouble();
    System.out.print("Enter side 3 value: ");
    double side3=input.nextDouble();
    
    
    //invoke the isValid method with the double parameters
    System.out.println("The triangle is valid: " + isValid(side1,side2,side3));
    
    if(isValid=true){
    //invoke the area of the valid triangle
    System.out.println("The area is: " + area(side1,side2,side3));}
    else{
    	System.out.println("The triangle is invalid and therefore area cannot be found");
    }
    }
    public static boolean isValid(double side1, double side2, double side3){
    	if(side1+side2>side3&&side2+side3>side1&&side1+side3>side2)
    		return true;
    	else
    		return false;
    	}
   public static double area(double side1, double side2, double side3){
   	double s=(side1+side2+side3)/2;
   	double area=Math.sqrt(s*(s-side1)*(s-side2)*(s-side3));
   	return area;
   }
    
    }

[markw8500]

Look closely at

   if(isValid=true){
    //invoke the area of the valid triangle
    System.out.println("The area is: " + area(side1,side2,side3));}
    else{
    	System.out.println("The triangle is invalid and therefore area cannot be found");
    }

You want your code to say:

if(isValid()){
     bla, bla, bla...
}

[pbrockway2]

> but i'm getting an error saying it can't fing the isValid statement

Does this compile? If not and you can't understand the compiler message, please post the exact message.

[leonardjr]

I feel dumb ... thank you very much :)