Must declare a body because it is not marked...

Katie B

Hi All,

I've been reading up on this error message I keep getting and it seems people on other forums know it as a "beginners error". So I apologise in advance. Ive written code that will allow me to populate a combo box, but I havent had a chance to test it because I keep getting the following error "must declare a body because it is not marked abstract, external or partial. The error didnt appear until I tried to run it and I dont know either what it means or how to get rid of it!! I'll post my code below and highlight the line the error appears on....

private void cmbexamboard_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e);

{

class Qualifications

{

public string Type { get; set; }

}

List qualificationslist = new List()

{

new Qualifications(){Type = "GCE"},

new Qualifications(){Type = "A-Level"},

};

}

Thanks in advance Kate

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Vulpes13y ago
Sorry, I should have read the rest of the code :)

A method needs to be followed by a block i.e. a series of statements (possibly none or one) contained within a pair of curly braces.

At the moment you have a nested class, Qualifications, declared in there which isn't allowed within methods.

You also have a List defined in there which I suspect is a field (i.e. a class level variable rather than a local variable. If so, that needs to be removed from the method block as well.

So what you need is:

public class NSTasks : Form
{
public NSTasks()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void cmbexamboard_SelectedIndexChanged (object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// To Do : add some code in here
}

class Qualifications
{
public string Type { get; set; }
}

List qualificationslist = new List()
{
new Qualifications(){Type = "GCE"},
new Qualifications(){Type = "A-Level"},
};
}
Katie B13y ago
Thank you Vulpes, but when ever I try to run it throws an error saying that it expects the semi colon. But it's also error messaged the section in bold saying that it's missing a partial modifier, as a another partial modifier exists. Kate

public class NSTasks : Form
{
public NSTasks()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void cmbexamboard_SelectedIndexChanged (object sender, EventArgs e)

class Qualifications
{
public string Type { get; set; }

}

List qualificationslist = new List()
{
new Qualifications(){Type = "GCE"},
new Qualifications(){Type = "A-Level"},
};
Vulpes13y ago
The problem is the semi-colon at the end of this line. If you remove it then all should be well :)

private void cmbexamboard_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e);