Irrigation timer code

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I have copied a code for an irrigation timer from a tutorial called "Getting started with Arduino".It uses a while else if loop and arrays to do the switching.when I verify the code, I get an error "expected unqualified id before switch" the highlighted code reads " for(int switch=0;switch<NUMBEROFSWITCHES;switch++)

Ican not figure out what the error means. Can somebody please give me some pointers.
I am very new at this game.
Thanks

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Do you think it might help if you posted your code following the instructions in Read this before posting a programming question

At a guess your pairs of { and } are messed up

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In the FULL message (in that box of text below your sketch) it has more details. If you could copy the full message and any related messages (about nearby lines) that would help, too.

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Nobody picked up on trying to use a reserve word as a variable?

for(int switch=0;switch<NUMBEROFSWITCHES;switch++)

-jim lee

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jimLee:
Nobody picked up on trying to use a reserve word as a variable?

for(int switch=0;switch<NUMBEROFSWITCHES;switch++)

-jim lee

GOOD POINT!
Unfortunately, even the PILE of error messages that mistake generates doesn't spell out the source of the problem. The coloring of keywords helps a bit but so many things are colored so many ways it is hard to notice when something has a color that is 'unexpected'.

/Users/john/Documents/Arduino/sketch_jul29a/sketch_jul29a.ino: In function 'void setup()':
sketch_jul29a:4:12: error: expected unqualified-id before 'switch'
   for (int switch = 0; switch < NUMBEROFSWITCHES; switch ++)
            ^~~~~~
sketch_jul29a:4:12: error: expected ';' before 'switch'
sketch_jul29a:4:12: error: expected primary-expression before 'switch'
sketch_jul29a:4:12: error: expected ';' before 'switch'
sketch_jul29a:4:12: error: expected primary-expression before 'switch'
sketch_jul29a:4:12: error: expected ')' before 'switch'
sketch_jul29a:4:19: error: expected '(' before '=' token
   for (int switch = 0; switch < NUMBEROFSWITCHES; switch ++)
                   ^
sketch_jul29a:4:31: error: expected '(' before '<' token
   for (int switch = 0; switch < NUMBEROFSWITCHES; switch ++)
                               ^
sketch_jul29a:4:58: error: expected '(' before '++' token
   for (int switch = 0; switch < NUMBEROFSWITCHES; switch ++)
                                                          ^~
exit status 1
expected unqualified-id before 'switch'