Getting Errors in this code. Not sure why but the ELSE-IF statements are throwing errors.

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package com.codegym.task.task04.task0418; /* Minimum of two numbers */ import java.io.*; public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { //write your code here BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); String a = reader.readLine(); String b = reader.readLine(); int number1 = Integer.parseInt(a); int number2 = Integer.parseInt(b); if (number1 < number2) { System.out.println(number1); if (number2 < number1) { System.out.println(number2); if (number1 == number2) { System.out.println(number2); } } } } }

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Guadalupe Gagnon

Level 37 , Tampa, United States

21 February 2019, 14:41

Delete line 20-28 and copy and paste this into their place:

if (number1 < number2)
   System.out.println(number1);
else if (number2 < number1)
   System.out.println(number2);
else
   System.out.println(number2);

When an if statement has exatly one line that it executes, you do not need to enclose it in curly brackets. I think the big problem that you were having is that you were enclosing too much in the curly brackets. For example, not anything to do with your code, this code does not need the brackets:

if (number1 < number2)
   System.out.println(number1); // only one line

While this code you will need them:

if (number1 < number2){
   number1++;
   System.out.println(number1);
   break;
   // this if block executes 3 lines of code, you need them enclosed.
}

Bryce Lindley

Level 9 , Olympia, United States

22 February 2019, 03:05

I was also putting an arguments for the ELSE statement so that was giving me grief. The IF's don't end the method so I finally realized the importance of Else-IF and then finally ELSE. Curly brackets are pretty hard to manage. Thanks!

Abdur Rehman

Level 7 , Faisalabad, Pakistan

4 April 2019, 16:20

nothing of this working i even tried copying and pasting but i think this task is bugged

Abdur Rehman

Level 7 , Faisalabad, Pakistan

4 April 2019, 16:25

i get it now i was running but it was not running so decided to verify anyway and it worked i dont know y but it seems a bit strange can u explain this