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Error in compiling enhanced For loop

Submitted by scheda on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 15:42.
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So, I've got the latest version of Java SE and I'm attempting to compile a small class with an enhanced for loop.

First, here's the class.

public class simpleDotCom {
int[] locationCells;
int numOfHits = 0;

public void setLocationCells(int[] locs) {
locationCells = locs;
}

public String checkYourself(String stringGuess) {
int guess = Integer.parseInt(stringGuess);
String result = "miss";

for (int cell : locationCells) {
if (guess == cell) {
result = "hit";
numOfHits++;
break;
}
}

if (numOfHits == locationCells.length) {
result = "kill";
}
System.out.println(result);
return result;
}

}

Here is the error I'm getting.

./simpleDotCom.java:13: ';' expected
               for (int cell : locationCells) {
                             ^

I'm new to Java, but not to programming and I just can't seem to figure out why this isn't working.

I've looked over the docs on the enhanced for loop and looked over plenty of articles on the proper usage... I think I'm doing it right. Not to mention this code is straight out of a book I'm using to learn Java.

Why doesn't this compile?

Thanks!