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Thread: Why won't this for loop work?

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    Default Why won't this for loop work?

    Here's the code:


    public class who{
    public static void main(String[] args){
    String s = "Who?";
    for(int j = s.length() - 1; j >= 0; j--);
    System.out.println(s.charAt (j));
    }
    }


    I'm running Dr.Java, and this is the error I get when I compile:

    1 error found:
    File: C:\Users\Victoria\who.java [line: 5]
    Error: C:\Users\Victoria\who.java:5: cannot find symbol
    symbol : variable j
    location: class who

    I cannot seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong here.


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    Default Re: Why won't this for loop work?

    You have a semicolon at the end of the for loop line which terminates the loop prior to the println statement, and causes the variable j to go out of scope.

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