Illegal start of type

[mole40]

Hello! I'm very new to writing java. And I keep getting the "Illegal Start of Type" error. I've tried everything to fix it. can anyone help me?

import java.util.*;
 
class ClockTalk {
    public static void main(String[] arguments) {
        //get current time and date
        Calenda now = Calendar.getInstance();
        int hour = now.get(Calendr.HOUR_OF_DAY);
        int minute = now.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
        int month = now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
        int day = now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        int year = now.get(Calendar.YEAR);
 
        //display greeting
        if (hour < 12) {
            System.out.println("Good morning.\n");
        } else if (hour < 17) { 
            System.out.println("Good afternoon.\n");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Good evening.\n");
        }
 
        //begin time message by showing the minutes
        System.our.print("It's ");
        if (minute != 0)
            System.out.print(" " + minute + " ");
            System.out.print( (minute !=1) ? "minutes" :
                "minute");
            System.out.print(" past");
 
 
 
    //Display the hour
    System.out.print(" ");                              //illegal start of type
    System.out.print( (hour > 12) ? (hour - 12) : hour);
    System.out.print(" o'clock on ");
    }
 
    //display the name of the month
 
    switch (month) {
        case 1:
            System.out.print("January");
            break;
        case 2:
            System.out.print("Febuary");
            break;
        case 3:
            System.out.print("March");
            break;
        case 4:
            System.out.print("April");
            break;
        case 5:
            System.out.print("May");
            break;
        case 6:
            System.out.print("June");
            break;
        case 7:
            System.out.print("July");
            break;
        case 8:
            System.out.print("Augest");
            break;
        case 9:
            System.out.print("September");
            break;
        case 10:
            System.out.print("October");
            break;
        case 11:
            System.out.print("November");
            break;
        case 12:
            System.out.print("December");
    }
 
    //Display the date and year
    {
        System.out.println(" " + day ", " + year + ".");
 
}

[BigDaddyLH]

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[BigDaddyLH]

Hello! I'm very new to writing java. And I keep getting the "Illegal Start of Type" error. I've tried everything to fix it. can anyone help me?

import java.util.*;
 
class ClockTalk {
    public static void main(String[] arguments) {
        ...
    //Display the hour
    System.out.print(" ");                              //illegal start of type
    System.out.print( (hour > 12) ? (hour - 12) : hour);
    System.out.print(" o'clock on ");
    }
 
 

The error is because your braces don't match. The brace that opens the main nethod is closed by that orphan brace after System.out.print(" o'clock on ");

Also note this common mistake:

if (minute != 0)
    System.out.print(" " + minute + " ");
    System.out.print( (minute !=1) ? "minutes" :"minute");
    System.out.print(" past");

The first output line will print iff minute != 0, but the second and third line will always print. Why? They are not part of the if statement, but are after it! Solution: always put braces around the "then" part (and the else, and all loop bodies, etc..):

if (minute != 0) {
    System.out.print(" " + minute + " ");
    System.out.print( (minute !=1) ? "minutes" :"minute");
    System.out.print(" past");
}

There are also several typos and misspellings.

One more piece of advice: this is too much code to compile all at once for a beginner. Compile when you enter almost nothing:

public class Example {
 
}

And then recompile after you add each statement. You code will never get as ragged as what you posted.