Illegal Start of Type Error in Java Program

[Varsteil]

I'm new to Java programming and I was making a program to calculate Imperial and Metric conversions, however, I'm encountering 3 errors in my code; illegal start of type, identifier expected, and orphaned case. I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me how to fix it.

code:

import java.util.Scanner; public class MetricConversion {   int number, choice = 0;       public static void main(String[] args) {     Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);     System.out.println("Enter the amount you want to convert");     number = input.nextInt();     System.out.println("Press 1 for Inches to Centimeters.");     System.out.println("Press 2 for Feet to Centimeters.");     System.out.println("Press 3 for Yards to Meters.");     System.out.println("Press 4 for Miles to Kilometers.");     System.out.println("Press 5 for Centimeters to Inches.");     System.out.println("Press 6 for Centimeters to Feet.");     System.out.println("Press 7 for Meters to Yards.");     System.out.println("Press 8 for Kilometers to Miles.");     System.out.print("Enter your choice: ");     choice = input.nextInt();      input.close();   }     switch (choice) { //illegal start of type// //<identifier> expected//       case 1: inchesToCentimeters(); break; //orphaned case//       case 2: feetToCentimeters(); break;       case 3: yardsToMeter(); break;       case 4: milesToKilometers(); break;       case 5: centimetersToInches(); break;       case 6: centimetersToFeet(); break;       case 7: metersToYards(); break;       case 8: kilometersToMiles(); break;     }   public static void inchesToCentimeters() {   double cm;   cm = number * 2.54;   System.out.println(number + " inches equals " + cm + " centimeters"); } public static void feetToCentimeters() {   double cm;   cm = number * 30;   System.out.println(number + " feet equals " + cm + " centimeters"); } public static void yardsToMeter() {   double meter;   meter = number * 0.91;   System.out.println(number + " yards equals " + meter + " meters"); } public static void milesToKilometers() {   double km;   km = number * 1.6;   System.out.println(number + " miles equals " + km + " kilometers"); } public static void centimetersToInches() {   double inches;   inches = number / 2.54;   System.out.println(number + " centimeters equals " + inches + " inches"); } public static void centimetersToFeet() {   double feet;   feet = number / 30;   System.out.println(number + " centimeters equals " + feet + " feet"); } public static void metersToYards() {   double yards;   yards = number / 0.91;   System.out.println(number + " meters equals " + yards + " yards"); } public static void kilometersToMiles() {   double miles;   miles = number / 1.6;   System.out.println(number + " kilometers equals " + miles + " miles"); } }

[DemonWasp]

Your switch is outside your main(){} method. Put it inside the main() method.

It would be easier to read your code (and find this type of problem) if you indent correctly.

[Varsteil]

Thanks, it fixed my error but now I'm getting a bunch of
"Cannot make a static reference to the non-static field number" errors
I think it means that it can't make a reference to my variables, but how do I fix it?
I'm not going to post the code again because there's a lot of errors but every line that has a variable in it gets this error.

[Insectoid]

number and choice should be declared as static ints.

[Varsteil]

Thanks, that fixed it