Thread: 1st year java student needs some help..

I writing a program that gives the user their Egyptian zodiac sign after they input their birthday, it is supposed to run continually until the user enters stop or their sign is found.. i am very new to programming and am getting a lot of errors in the portion with all of my if statements in the program. If anyone could correct me on my mistakes and give a brief explanation on everything i did wrong/ anything i am using wrong it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Program
{
    /**
     * This is the main entry point for the application
     */
    static Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
    public static void main(String args[]) 
 
{
    boolean x = false;
	do
	{
		 x = false;
 
System.out.println("This program will tell you your Egyptian Zodiac sign! Please enter the month and day of your birthday..");
System.out.println("Enter month:>");
String month1 = console.nextLine();
month1 = month1.toLowerCase();
System.out.println("Enter day:> ");
int day = console.nextInt();
switch(month1)
{
case "january" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "february" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "march" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "april" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "may" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "june" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "july" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "august" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "september" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "october" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "november" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
case "december" :
month1 = month1.substring(0, 2);
break;
default:
month1 = month1.substring(0, 3);
break;
}
 
 
if(month1 == "jan")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 25 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Sphinx");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 25 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Shu");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "feb")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 24 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Shu");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 24 && day <= 28)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Isis");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "mar" )
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 26 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Isis");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 26 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Osiris");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "apr")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 25 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Osiris");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 25 && day <= 30)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Amun");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "may")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 25 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Amun");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 25 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Hathur");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "jun")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 24 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Hathur");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 24 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Phoenix");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "jul")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 24 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Phoenix");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 24 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Anubis");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "aug")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 28 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Anubis");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 28 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Thoth");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "sep")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 27 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Thoth");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 27 && day <= 30)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Horus");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "oct")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 27 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Horus");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 27 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Wadget");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "nov")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 26 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Wadget");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 26 && day <= 30)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Sekhmet");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "dec")
{
if(day>= 0 && day <= 26 )
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac : Sekhmet");
x = true;
}
else if(day > 26 && day <= 31)
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Sphinx");
x = true;
}
else
{
System.out.println("Sign of Zodiac: Error in date");
}
}//ends
 
if(month1 == "quit")
{
x = true;
}//ends
 
}while(x == true);
 
    }
}

Checking Libraries...
Copying files...
Processing Files...
Compiling...
Build Success
------------------------------

This program will tell you your Egyptian Zodiac sign! Please enter the month and day of your birthday..
Enter month
September
Enter day
29

Application Exited.

am getting a lot of errors

Please copy the full text of the error messages and post them here.

Please edit your code and format the code so that nested statements are properly indented.

Use the equals() method to compare Strings not the == operator.

--- Update ---

What happened to the code tags I added?

Program.java 64 null error: not a statement

Which statement is #64?

Are those error messages from the compiler? They are different from those I've seen before.

The line numbers in the error message doesn't match the locations of the line in the posted code.

Program.java:13: error: illegal start of expression
import java.util.*;

The error message says line 13 but the posted code looks like that statement is at line 1?

Please edit your code and format the code so that nested statements are properly indented.

Also Please wrap your code with
[code=java]
<YOUR CODE HERE>
[/code]
to get highlighting and preserve formatting.

how do i wrap the code like that?

Put this before the code
[code=java]

<PUT YOUR CODE HERE>

[/code]
the above goes at the end of the code

Program.java:13: error: illegal start of expression
import java.util.*;
^

Why does error message say line 13 but the posted code shows line 2?

continue is a java keyword and can NOT be used for a variable name. Change it to something else.

The newly posted unformatted code is now hiding the problem:
The posted code now has two classes that are not properly separated.
Make sure the {}s are properly paired.

All import statements MUST be before any other statements (except comments and the package statement);

The formatting still needs to be fixed. The indentation is missing. It should look something like this:

    public static void main(String args[]) 
    {
        do
        {
            boolean x = false;

cannot find symbol

variable x

Where is the variable x defined? The compiler can not find it's definition in scope (within the same pair of {}s) with where it is being used.

I'm done for tonight. Back tomorrow.