" ')' expected error..........

Question

i have defined a function, and the compiler is giving me "')' expected " error...
here is my code
package ab;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import com.db4o.Db4o;
import com.db4o.ObjectContainer;
import com.db4o.ObjectSet;
public class Test3 extends Util {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
     ObjectContainer db=Db4o.openFile(Util.DB4OFILENAME);
    try {
      BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));//USER INPUT KEYWORDS
          String the_query = in.readLine();     // READING KEYWORDS
     String[] arr = the_query.split (" ");     // SPLITTING USER KEYWORDS AND STORING IN ARRAY
          //****************************************************************************************ERROR LINE
           func(String p)                   
                   key ab = new key(arr[k]);
                    db.set(ab);
                    System.out.println(arr[k] + " is stored with 1st condition");
                    System.out.println("arr [k] is" + k+ " str[l] is" + l);
     // FETCHING DATA FROM DATABASE
     key proto = new key(null);
     ObjectSet result = db.get(proto);
     LinkedList ll2 = new LinkedList();
     while(result.hasNext()) {
     ll2.add(result.next());
     //System.out.println("retrieved linked list is" +ll2);
     String s = String.valueOf(ll2);
     int m = s.length()-2;
     String sub = s.substring(1,m);
     String [] str = sub.split(",");     // SPLITTING THE KEYWORDS
     int j = str.length;
     int g=0,h=0;
     String temp;
     h = str[0].indexOf('/');          // REMOVING THE "/" TO SEPERATE KEYWORD FROM HYPERLINK AND WEIGHT
     str[0]=str[0].substring(0,h);
     System.out.println("str[]0 is  "+ str[0]);
     for(int i=1; i<j;i++)
     g = str.indexOf('/');               // REMOVING THE "/" TO SEPERATE KEYWORD FROM HYPERLING AND WEIGHT
     str[i]=str[i].substring(1,g);
     System.out.println("str[]" i " is " + str[i]);
//STORING DATA INTO DATABASE
int l=0;
int t = arr.length;
System.out.println("arr[] length is " + t);
System.out.println("str[] length is j" + j);
for (int k=0; k < t; k++)
     {     l=0;
          for(l=0;l<=j;l++)
               key(arr[k]);
          if(l+1> j)          // CHECKING IF AT THE END OF ARRAY
                    key ab = new key(arr[k]);
                    db.set(ab);
                    System.out.println(arr[k] + " is stored with 1st condition");
                    System.out.println("arr [k] is" + k+ " str[l] is" + l);
          else if((arr[k].equals(str[l]))) {          // CHECKING IF THE TWO STRINGS MATCHES OR NOT
                    System.out.println("arr [k] is" + k+ " str[l] is" + l);
                    System.out.println("Comparing " + arr[k] + "//////////" + str[l]);
                    System.out.println(arr[k]+ " STRING ALREADY PRESENT");
                    System.out.println(" 3rd condition");
                    k++;
                    l= -1;
                    System.out.println("due to 3rd condition now arr [k] is" + k+ " str[l] is" + l);
               else          // NOT DOING ANYTHING
                    System.out.println("not doing anything");
                    System.out.println("arr [k] is" + k+ " str[l] is" + l);
                    System.out.println("Comparing " + arr[k] + "//////////" + str[l]);
          /* BufferedReader in2 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));//USER INPUT HYPERLINK
BufferedReader in3 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));//USER INPUT WEIGHT
               String hyp = in.readLine();     // READING HYPERLINKS
          String weight1 = in.readLine(); //READING WEIGHT
          int weight = Integer.parseInt(weight1);
          for(int c=0;c<t;c++)
          hyp h1 = new hyp(arr[c],weight);
               ab.sethyper(h1);
               db.set(ab);
in.close();
//in2.close();
//in3.close();
} catch (IOException ioe)
{ ioe.printStackTrace();
     db.close(); }
and the error is .....C:\Documents and Settings\Sumit\Desktop>javac ab/Test3.java
ab/Test3.java:22: ')' expected
func(String p)
^
1 error

Answer 1

cotton.m wrote:
cotton.m wrote:
ping.sumit wrote:
thanks abillcons!.... i got itGot what exactly?
Because that won't fix the multitude of problems you have that I listed...Because to be honest with you ping it's pretty annoying that I took the time to look at your code in depth, which Bill
did not do, and list all the problems you have there and you just want to pretend that adding a return type to a
method signature in the middle of another method fixes this problem. Certainly a missing return type is a problem in
a method signature, but when the "method" in question is in the midst of another method and uses variables local
to the other method, never mind a slew of other variables that are never declared anywhere... well it's not really the
only problem and certainly fixing it did not make you "get" it. Whatever "it" may be.
What a waste of time it was helping you. I won't make that mistake again to be sure.Yes you did do more work than I. But I answered his direct and immediate question. I had no intention of stopping there if and when the pgm still did not work. I answered the immediate question, then others went on to add greater depth. It's always a disappointment when one does not seem to receive due credit - and we've all been there. Thats partly why I tried to bring the OP's attention back to my post as well, because it seemed that's what was occurring there too.
But I also see that many times folks get stuck on a point they are trying to solve and become frustrated to the point of distraction at times - so I think it's best to cut them some slack.
There has been a real rash of posters that don't come through either with dukes, thanks or even acknowledgments lately ... I hope this OP will not be one of them - I don't see that that is the case thus far.