Java Issue

[Raikiri]

Hey, need a bit of help with this error I'm getting.

  public void study()
    {
        if (TextBook book == null){
           book = bookShelf[ nextBook ]; 
           nextBook++;
           card.swipe();
        } else if (isFinished == false) {
            chaptersRead++;
        } else {
            bookShelf[ nextBook ] = null;
        }

I'm a total beginner and really don't know where to start, when I compile it I get the error ')' expected but can't see any brackets that haven't been closed.

I'm not looking for you to write it for me, maybe just point me in the right direction if possible, thanks for looking

 

[Raikiri]

'book' is a variable in the class Textbook and isFinished is a boolean variable.

It happens at the line;

if (TextBook book == null){

When you call the method it's supposed to assign a TextBook to the class Student if it doesn't already have one, 'read' a chapter if it does and replace the book in the array bookshelf if it has been finished.

Not sure if it's relevent but I'm using BlueJ.

Again, apologies for being utterly useless at this programming lark

 

[Raikiri]

I've never really used Java but that's the typical way to call a variable from a class in c# and i know they are similar languages.

Huzzah! Knew it would be something silly, cheers.

@john_s: I must have missed that when I copied, it's in the actual code