"Illegal start of expression" in "private"

java, private

Solution

Declarations with scope (i.e. `private`, `protected`, or `public`) must be outside your functions, including the `main()` one. Move these declarations to the class level to fix this syntax error.

Problem

I'd like to know how I could fix the `illegal start of expression` error on line 3 ``` 1 public class Example { 2 public static void main(String[] args) { 3 private int n; 4 } 5 } ``` Thanks!

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