Syntax error in If statement

[robinsonth@gmail.com]

Dear All,

I am not a JAVA developer and tried to develope a JAVA code to be used in SAP as printed below. So now I got a syntax error and most probably I feel that its the issue with Semi Colon ;

Below is the piece of code.

String value = "";
String actual = "";
int flag = 0;
int count = 0;
int qtnum = 0;
if (AlertPayload.length() != 0);
{
for (int i =0;i<AlertPayload.length();i++);
{
if(count == 3);
{
if (value.equals("AdapterType"));
{
if (AlertPayload.charAt(i) != '"');
{
actual = actual + AlertPayload.charAt(i);
}
else
{
result = actual; flag = 0; count = 0;
break;
}
}
else
{
flag = 0; count = 0; value = "";
}
}
else if(flag ==1 && count != 3)
{
if(AlertPayload.charAt(i) != '"' && qtnum != 4);
{
value = value + AlertPayload.charAt(i);
}
else
{
flag = 0; count = count +1; qtnum = qtnum + 1;
if (qtnum == 5);
{
qtnum = 0;count = 0;
}
}
}
else if(AlertPayload.charAt(i) == '"')
{
flag = 1;
count = count +1;
qtnum = qtnum + 1;
}
}
}
//result = value;
return result;


The error I receive while compiling is

Function Component, Line 18:
'else' without 'if'
else
^
Function Component, Line 24:
'else' without 'if'
else
^
Function Component, Line 29:
'else' without 'if'
else if(flag ==1 && count != 3)
^
Function Component, Line 35:
'else' without 'if'
else
^
4 errors


Have any suggestions , please post.

Regards
RST

[abhijiths]

Syntax of if statement is like

if(condition){
//logic
}else{
//logic
}
No ; is required after if(condition)

[SurfMan]

You are adding all semicolons after each for-statment and if-statement. That means the for and if statements end there and no looping and testing is done. Remove all the semicolons after for and if so it becomes like the example below:

WRONG:

if (AlertPayload.length() != 0) ;
{
  for (int i = 0; i < AlertPayload.length(); i++) ;
  {
     if (count == 3) ;
     {

RIGHT:

if (AlertPayload.length() != 0) 
{
  for (int i = 0; i < AlertPayload.length(); i++) 
  {
     if (count == 3) 
     {

To make it more readable, I always place the curly braces *behind* the if/for etc like the example below, but that is a highly debated subject and I am not responsible for any flamewars/trolling that will come from this :)

RIGHT:

if (AlertPayload.length() != 0) {
  for (int i = 0; i < AlertPayload.length(); i++) {
     if (count == 3) {