Why can't it compile ?

Why can't the following code be compiled ? Any help is appreciated, thanks =)

import java.util.Scanner; 
				public class MarblesApp
				{
				    static Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); 
				    public static void main(String[] args)
{
				        // declarations 
				        int numberOfMarbles;
				        int numberOfChildren;
				        int marblesPerChild;
				        int marblesLeftOver;
				        // get the input data 
				        System.out.println("Welcome to the marble divvy-upper.");
				        System.out.print("Number of marbles: ");
				        numberOfMarbles = sc.nextInt();
				        System.out.print("Number of children: ");
				        numberOfChildren = sc.nextInt();
				        // calculate the results
				        marblesPerChild = numberOfMarbles / numberOfChildren; 
				        marblesLeftOver = numberOfMarbles % numberOfChildren; 
				        // print the results 
				        System.out.println("Give each child " +
				            marblesPerChild + " marbles.");
				        System.out.println("You will have " +
				            marblesLeftOver + " marbles left over.");
				    }
				}

WeiJie Lim wrote:Why can't the following code be compiled ?

What makes you think it won't compile ? If you get compiler errors you need to tell us what they are.

Stuart A. Burkett wrote:

WeiJie Lim wrote:Why can't the following code be compiled ?

What makes you think it won't compile ? If you get compiler errors you need to tell us what they are.

I tried compiling it, it wouldn't be compiled.

The errors are repeated.

dum1.java:4: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬ástatic Scanner sc = new Scanne
^
dum1.java:4: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬ástatic Scanner sc = new Scanne
^
dum1.java:4: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬ástatic Scanner sc = new Scanne
^
dum1.java:5: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬ápublic static void main(String
^
dum1.java:5: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬ápublic static void main(String
^
dum1.java:5: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬ápublic static void main(String
^
dum1.java:5: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬ápublic static void main(String
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:7: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á// declarations
^
dum1.java:8: error: illegal character: \160
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬áint numberOfMarbles;
^
dum1.java:8: error: not a statement
┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬áint numberOfMarbles;
^
dum1.java:8: error: illegal character: \160

.... ... .. ( repeated similar errors )

100 errors

If you did copy-paste from another site and get bunch of errors in your IDE (like I did with your code, because syntax looks fine) there probably are some special characters invisible in your IDE that you "picked" from the source (white spaces, usually).

edit: Yep, \160, lots of these special characters in your code.

Kemal Sokolovic wrote:If you did copy-paste from another site and get bunch of errors in your IDE (like I did with your code, because syntax looks fine) there probably are some special characters invisible in your IDE that you "picked" from the source (white spaces, usually).

edit: Yep, \160, lots of these special characters in your code.

Dang, I thought I replaced all the wrong quotation marks.. Guess there are still some special characters which I can't spot.

I wanted to test out the code from a book.. oh well.

You can either retype the code yourself, or wherever you have blanks (white space, new line, etc.) remove it and reformat your code again. The first is certainly better, since it's not a lot of code, you can do it quickly.

Okay found those offending weird characters in UTF-8 .. Thought it was ANSI .

Thanks for the help =)