Unexpected errors; where is syntax wrong?

[Miley Johnson]

class character {

  public character(String tname) {
    String name = tname;
  }

  int hp = 200;
  int strength = 100;
  int intelligence = 100;
  int agility = 100;

  int[] stats = new int[4];

  stats[0] = hp;
  stats[1] = strength;
  stats[2] = intelligence;
  stats[3] = agility;
...

}

Why do I get these errors on compile:

character.java:10: error: ']' expected
  stats[0] = hp;
        ^
character.java:10: error: ';' expected
  stats[0] = hp;
         ^
character.java:10: error: illegal start of type
  stats[0] = hp;
           ^

[Tim Cooke]

The compiler is complaining because your class syntax is incorrect. If you have a look at the Java Tutorial: Declaring Classes you'll see what is and is not allowed where in a class.

In your case you have statements in the class body which is not allowed. Statements need to be inside a method.

[Sean Paulson]

Miley Johnson wrote:

Why do I get these errors on compile:

You are probably missing a ending ; or a }, somewhere in the class. Also you should declare your variables and your array before the constructor.

[Sean Paulson]

Tim Cooke wrote:The compiler is complaining because your class syntax is incorrect.

What he said. Unless you want some of those variables to be not be local variables then you can declare them before the constructor. Most of that code does need to be in a method though.

[Junilu Lacar]

[pedantic]

Technically, lines 14 to 17 just need to be inside a code block, which may not necessarily be a method. For example if you just surround those lines with { }, that would make it an instance initialization block and the code would compile. You can also put that code inside a constructor, which isn't a method.

[/pedantic]

[Campbell Ritchie]

 int[] stats = {hp, strength, intelligence, agility};I would suggest it is quicker to use an array initialiser. There is no risk of miscounting the size of the array, nor of leaving any elements uninitialised.
I would also suggest you shouldn't call a class character (surely Character because classes begin with CapitalLetters) to avoid confusion with another class of the same name.
I would also suggest that you shou‍ld get rid of the array and create a Stats class instead.