Another "expected unqualified-id before 'if'" error

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1

I just started trying to program my Arduino. I'm sure my error is very basic but I just can't figure it out!

int sensePin = 2;    // the pin the FSR is attached to


void setup() 

{
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() 

{
  int value = analogRead(sensePin) / 4; //the voltage on the pin divded by 4 (to scale from 10 bits (0-1024) to 8 (0-255)
  Serial.println(value);             //print the value to the debug window
}

if (value > 100) 
{
   Serial.printIn("It is below 100")
} 
else 
{
   Serial.printIn("It is above 100")
}

Well, when I try that I get:

test1:23: error: expected unqualified-id before 'if'
test1:27: error: expected unqualified-id before 'else'

For the life of me I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I searched the forums for a long time trying to implement what I found just can't figure it out - can someone please take pity on me and help?

thanks!

2

Best guess is you meant:

int sensePin = 2;    // the pin the FSR is attached to

void setup() 
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() 
{
    int value = analogRead(sensePin) / 4; //the voltage on the pin divded by 4 (to scale from 10 bits (0-1024) to 8 (0-255)

    Serial.println(value);             //print the value to the debug window

    if (value > 100) 
    {
       Serial.printIn("It is below 100")
    } 
    else 
    {
       Serial.printIn("It is above 100")
    }
}
3

Yes, move that curly bracket to the end of the listing to 'close' the void loop { }.

Otherwise your If statement is outside of loop, and is not setup as a function, just out there in limbo ...

4

Thank you so much!