"Syntax error on token 'list, VariableDeclaratorId expected after this token - Syntax error on

[Andrew Sepulveda]

import javax.swing.*;

public class failure extends JFrame {
	
	
	String[] choices = {"life", "property", "auto"};
	JCheckBox check1 = new JCheckBox(choices[0]);
	JCheckBox check2 = new JCheckBox(choices[1]);
	JCheckBox check3 = new JCheckBox(choices[2]);
	
	String[] price = {"$100", "$150", "$200"};
	JComboBox box1 = new JComboBox(price);
	JList list = new JList(choices);
	
	pnl.add(check1);
	pnl.add(check2);
	pnl.add(check3);
	pnl.add(box1);
	pnl.add(list);
	
	JPanel pnl = new JPanel();
	
	public failure(){ 
		super("insurance");
		setSize(500,200);
		setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
		add(pnl);
		setVisible(true);
		
		
		
	}
}

I am unsure of what to do. whenever i add

pnl.add("variable");

it would get an error "Syntax error on token "list", VariableDeclaratorId expected after this token - Syntax error on". Also I would get another error, "Syntax error on token(s), misplaced construct(s)" Anybody willing to help?

It is suppose to be a simple GUI program as part of a game

[John Jai]

You have placed the statements in the class body. The below statements should be moved to a method body.

pnl.add(check1);
		pnl.add(check2);
		pnl.add(check3);
		pnl.add(box1);
		pnl.add(list);

[Ove Lindström]

John Jai wrote:You have placed the statements in the class body. The below statements should be moved to a method body.

pnl.add(check1);
		pnl.add(check2);
		pnl.add(check3);
		pnl.add(box1);
		pnl.add(list);

Well... you should have a method that are called to build the ui when the constructor is called, that is correct.

But in this case, that is not the error, it is in the order that you have declared things.

Look at this:

    pnl.add(check1);  
    pnl.add(check2);  
    pnl.add(check3);  
    pnl.add(box1);  
    pnl.add(list);  
      
    JPanel pnl = new JPanel(); 

You are using the variable pnl before it is declared. that is not possible. You need to create the Panel before you add anything to it. You can't draw on a paper that you don't have.

[John Jai]

Ove Lindström wrote:You are using the variable pnl before it is declared. that is not possible. You need to create the Panel before you add anything to it. You can't draw on a paper that you don't have.

Nice catch...

[Andrew Sepulveda]

sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the answers