Thread: Help With illegal start of expression

I have gotten many errors on my "public classes" saying illegal start to expressions and semicolons. Am i missing a bracket somewhere or is it something else.

    //java packages
	import java.util.Scanner;
 
 
    public class PiggyRunner
		{ //start PiggyRunner
	public static void main (String[] args)
 
	{ //start main
 
 	Scanner keyboard = new Scanner (System.in);
 
    //Variables Set Data
	 double total;
	 private int pennies;
	 private int nickels;
	 private int dimes;
	 private int quarters;
	 private int halfdollars;
	 String cont = "";
 
 
	public Piggy() //constructor
	{ //start CalculatorAmounts
	 total = 0.0;
	 pennies = 0;
	 nickels = 0;
	 dimes = 0;
	 quarters = 0;
	 halfdollars = 0;
   } //end CalculatorAmounts
 
 
	public void Piggy(double tot, int pens, int niks, int dim, int quart, int hfdoll)
     { //SetData
	 pennies = pens;
	 nickels = niks;
	 dimes = dim;
	 quarters = quart;
	 halfdollars = hfdoll;
	  } //SetData
 
 
 
	public void calculatePiggy()
  { // begin calculatePiggy
    total = (.01*pennies);
	total = (.05*nickels);
	total = (.10*dimes);
	total = (.25*quarters);
	total = (.50*halfdollars);
  } // end calculatePiggy
 
 
	public void printValue()
	{//start PrintWealth
  System.out.printf (" Your total value of pennies is %.2f \n",
  pens );
  System.out.printf("");
  System.out.printf (" Your total value of nickels is %.2f \n",
  niks );
  System.out.printf("");
  System.out.printf (" Your total value of dimes is %.2f \n",
  dim );
  System.out.printf("");
  System.out.printf (" Your total value of quarters is %.2f \n",
  quart );
  System.out.printf("");
  System.out.printf (" Your total value of halfdollars is %.2f \n",
  hfdoll );
  System.out.printf("");
 }//end PrintWealth
	if ( total<5 )
	{ //begin if tot<5
	   System.out.println("HA HA HA HA I know who isn't going anywhere soon!");
	} //end if tot<5
 
	if ( total>5 && total<15 )
	{ //begin if tot>5 && tot<15
   		System.out.println("You got enough for a movie ticket!");
	} //end if tot>5 && tot<15
 
	if ( total>15 && total<25 )
	{ //begin if tot>15 && tot<25
	    System.out.println("Thats what happens when you save your pennies!");
	} //end if tot>15 && tot<25
 
	if ( total>25 )
	{ //begin if tot>25
	   System.out.println("Make it Rain!!!");
	} //end if tot>25
 
 
 
 
 
	}//end main
 
	}//end PiggyRunner

I think you may be nesting the constructor inside the main() method which makes no sense. The compiler will grumble when it hits the "public" of the constructor. That and mismatched braces are a common source of "illegal start of expression" messages.

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Thank you for your responses, but im having trouble understanding i should put my main in front of my piggyrunner bracket