case???

[sonir shah]

    public class Test003
    {    
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
            case:
                for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
                {
                    for (int y = 0; y < 2; y++)
                    {
                        if (y == 1) continue case;
                        System.out.println("x = " + x + " y = " + y);
                    }
                }
        }
    }

I tried running this program but it didnt compile.
The error was as follows:
Test003.java:6 : orphaned case
case
^
1 error
What do we mean by this?
Sonir

[Arsho, Ayan]

It means case is reserved word!!
case should be followed by a literal
-Arsho

[sonir shah]

It means that any reserved key should be followed by a literal orelse it will give a compiler error?
Sonir

[Arsho, Ayan]

Sonir :
Use a IDE for writing programs, you will know which to use and which not to.
There is a Textpad available freely, which you can write small programs and run it easily.
-A

[Shivaji Marathe]

Sonir :
It means that you can not use reserved words as labels for loops.
In general reserved words ( in any programming language) can not be used for any other purpose besides what they are defined as .
So you can not write code such as
for ( int case =1; case < boolean; case ++)
or if ( while > do ) { //some code }
HTH

[mark stone]

code is fine only change the word case to somthing else like test1 or hello or sing
case is a reserved word for the compiler.
x=0 y=0
x=1 y=0

Originally posted by sonir shah:

    public class Test003
    {    
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
            case:
                for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++)
                {
                    for (int y = 0; y < 2; y++)
                    {
                        if (y == 1) continue case;
                        System.out.println("x = " + x + " y = " + y);
                    }
                }
        }
    }

I tried running this program but it didnt compile.
The error was as follows:
Test003.java:6 : orphaned case
case
^
1 error
What do we mean by this?
Sonir