Not a statement
java
Solution
It's true, `(int)(Math.random() * 10) + 1;` isn't a statement. And Java, unlike some other langauges, doesn't allow just expressions as statements.
I think the word `number` in the comment above belongs on the line:
Not:
// Pick a random number =
(int)(Math.random() * 10) + 1;
But:
// Pick a random number
number = (int)(Math.random() * 10) + 1;
(There's already an `int number;` above, so the variable is already declared and everything.)
Problem
I am learning from a book to code with java. It gives an example of a guessing game and gives the code. I wanted to keep it as a reference. But I keep getting an error. And it might be the way I typed it cause I am reading it off a kindle and it kinda got a little messed up. There are many errors like this, but none like mine. I am trying to make a guessing game, but I keep getting this error: GuessingGame.java:17: not a statement (int)(Math.random() * 10) + 1; Code: ``` import java.util.Scanner; public class GuessingGame { static Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); public static void main(String[] args) { bolean keepPlaying = true; System.out.println("Let's play a guessing game!"); while (keepplaying) { bolean validInput; int number, guess; String answer; // Pick a random number = (int)(Math.random() * 10) + 1; // Get the guess System.out.print("What do you think it is? "); do { guess = sc.nextInt(); validInput = true; if ((guess < 1) || (guess > 10)) { System.out.print ("I said between 1 and 10. " + "Try again: "); validInput = false; } }while (!validInput); // Check the guess if (guess == number) System.out.println( "You're right!"); else System.out.println( "You're wrong! " + "The number was " + number); // Play again? do { System.out.println("\nPlay again? (Yes or No)"); answer = sc.next(); validInput = true; if (asnwer.equalsIgnoreCase("Yes")); else if (answer.egualsIgnoreCase("No")- keepPlaying = false); else validInput = false; } while (!validInput); } System.out.println("\nThank you for playing!"); } ``` }