Simple SQL syntax problem

Ok, I'm sure this is a very simple problem but I'm confused.
Statement s = con.createStatement();
s.execute("SELECT COUNT (*) FROM table WHERE id = 6 AND somechar = 'N'");java.sql.SQLException: Syntax error or access violation message from server: "You have an error in y
our SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax
to use near '(*) FROM table WHERE id = 6 AND somechar = 'N'' at line 1"
This works fine when input into the phpMyAdmin database interface. Is there something blatantly wrong with my syntax, or...?

Maybe it doesn't like the space between COUNT and (*)
%Yuck.
Yep, that was it. Thanks.
Weird, I'm accustomed to programs ignoring most whitespace as long as it doesn't create ambiguity.

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