If without an Else

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In this task the compiler and hints are saying that I have wrote an if without an else. Does anybody know what the problem is?

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Level 38 , Nuremberg, Germany

11 May, 10:29

a conditional clause has the following syntax

if (expression)
    statement
else
    statement

where a statement is a single line of code or a code block (several lines of code in curly brackets) like:

if (a > 0)
    System.out.println();

if (a > 0) {
    System.out.println();
}

a second statement does not belong to the conditional clause anymore

if (a > 0)
    System.out.println();
System.out.println(); // does not belong to the conditional statement

if you let this follow an else then it is missing its opening if.