Question

Why am I getting the error :java:16: error: illegal start of type

for(int i = 0; i < 9; i++){

I have checked old labs and this is the correct usage of it I thought.

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;


class Lab3Panel extends JPanel {

    Lab3Panel() {
        setLayout(new GridLayout(3,3));
    }

    Lab3Label label[] = new Lab3Label[9];

    for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
        label[i] = new Lab3Label();
        add(label[i]);
    }

    // ...
}

Answer 1

The for loop needs to be in a method, a constructor, or at a bare minimum, between a pair of {} brackets. But probably a constructor.