the exit phrase

[Chinmay]

Ok I have a if block inside a try block as such:

code:

try {      if ("Hey".equals("hey") {           System.out.print("The above two are equal, which they are not!");      } else {           exit;      } }

why would this gimme an syntax error and not exit the if and after ending the try block?

[HeavenAgain]

simple, its because thats not how you use try. look at the exception tut for detail about try & catch.
int your case, you do not need try at all, so your code will simply be

code:

if ("Hey".equals("hey")           System.out.print("The above two are equal, which they are not!");      else           System.out.println("they are not equal, because i am right");

if you MUST use exit, the syntax is System.exit(int status), unless you import static System class, you cannot just say exit, and static import is only supported in java1.6 i believe