Syntax Errors

• Statements that don’t conform to language rules

• Usually typing or naming errors
• The author should not be the only person to desk check the program- self
fulfilling prophecy
• Some languages, especially earlier ones, had no help with syntax errors, or help
such as “Error 53” Later generation programs like VB have integrated syntax
error correction and detection

Problem Error Message Fixed by

Object Names
Punctuation
Typos
Incomplete Statements (If
with no Then)
Not ending statements
Using reserved words as
Identifiers

Run Time Errors

Aka execution errors
Problems that occur when you run the program (ie, run time) that are not logic errors, but
are generally because of limitations of the programming language or the fact that you are
running it on a computer

Calculation which there is no result Divide by zero

Result of operation outside range With integer variables
allowed -37,768 + 32,760 =???
Real numbers: Inability of computer to BEGIN
exactly store results of some decimals Input Number
Comparisons may be wrong if number Answer=Number/999,999,999
is slightly different Number = Answer * 999,999,999
If Number = Answer Then
Print Equal
Else
Print Not Equal
EndIf
END
Variable errors