if else brackets problem

[cube]

for (i=0; i<8; i++)
 {
     if(score[i]==-2)
     {
         if(i<3)
         {
            for (j=0; j<3; j++)
            {
                if (P[i][j]=='\0')
                {
                   P[i][j]='O';
                   j=3;
                }
            }
            else if (i<3 && i<6)I get a message here: "expected primary expression before "else"" and "expected ';' before else".
            {  
                 for (j=0; j<3; j++)
                 {
                 //...........lots of code removed here
             }
 
 
 
         }
     }
     break;     
 }   

When I try to compile it, I get the above message.
WHY???

[Sick0Fant]

Your post is probably going to get taken down (you're not supposed to post whole sections of code).

But, right off the bat, I can see that, at least at one point, you nested an "else if" inside of an "else if" without any "if" to proceed it.

It looks like you possibly misunderstood the syntax of if/else if/ else.

Correct:

if (something){
//
}
 
else if (something){
//
}
 
else{
//
}
 

You seem to be doing

if(something){
         //
         else if (something){
                      //
         }
//
}

[Ganon11]

As Sick0faint said, posting a whole huge section of code isn't usually a good idea. Say this was a homework assignment, and you posted innocently enough asking for help. What's to stop a classmate from hopping online and stealing your whole solution? Now you're both in trouble for cheating, when you were just asking for help. By limiting the amount of code you post at a time, we can limit these occurrences.

In this case, your else if { is directly following a for loop - and there is no such thing as for (...) {...} else if (...) {...}, etc. etc.

[cube]

As Sick0faint said, posting a whole huge section of code isn't usually a good idea. Say this was a homework assignment, and you posted innocently enough asking for help. What's to stop a classmate from hopping online and stealing your whole solution? Now you're both in trouble for cheating, when you were just asking for help. By limiting the amount of code you post at a time, we can limit these occurrences.

In this case, your else if { is directly following a for loop - and there is no such thing as for (...) {...} else if (...) {...}, etc. etc.

The amount of code that I posted was a tiny piece of the assignment.
Is there any way else to express the problem without posting the code?

About my problem now, probably the if else isn't a good solution to my problem.
Should I give it one more try or should I look for sth else?

[sanctus]

The amount of code that I posted was a tiny piece of the assignment.
Is there any way else to express the problem without posting the code?

About my problem now, probably the if else isn't a good solution to my problem.
Should I give it one more try or should I look for sth else?

If you follow Sick0Fant's suggestion the for-if-else if etc. should work, I do not see the point though in saying:

else if (i<3 && i<6)
 

Because if i is smaller than 3 it is always smaller than 6...