Expected ')' before ';' token Error

Question

Me and my friend have a project to do and we can't seem to figure out why the code we used for our Arduino Nano Board isn't compiling giving us the Expected ')' before ';' token Error

Here is the code:

// connect motor controller pins to Arduino digital pins
// motor one
int enA = 10;
int in1 = 9;
int in2 = 8;
// motor two
int enB = 5;
int in3 = 7;
int in4 = 6;
void setup()
{
 // set all the motor control pins to outputs
 pinMode(enA, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(enB, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(in1, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(in2, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(in3, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(in4, OUTPUT);
}
void demoOne()
{
 // this function will run the motors in both directions at a fixed speed
 // turn on motor A
 digitalWrite(in1, HIGH);
 digitalWrite(in2, LOW);
 // set speed to 200 out of possible range 0~255
 analogWrite(enA, 200);
 // turn on motor B
 digitalWrite(in3, HIGH);
 digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
 // set speed to 200 out of possible range 0~255
 analogWrite(enB, 200);
 delay(2000);
 // now change motor directions
 digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in2, HIGH); 
 digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in4, HIGH); 
 delay(2000);
 // now turn off motors
 digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in2, LOW); 
 digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in4, LOW);
}
void demoTwo()
{
 // this function will run the motors across the range of possible speeds
 // note that maximum speed is determined by the motor itself and the operating voltage
 // the PWM values sent by analogWrite() are fractions of the maximum speed possible 
 // by your hardware
 // turn on motors
 digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in2, HIGH); 
 digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in4, HIGH); 
 // accelerate from zero to maximum speed
 for (int i = 0; i ; 256; i++)
 {
 analogWrite(enA, i);
 analogWrite(enB, i);
 delay(20);
 } 
 // decelerate from maximum speed to zero
 for (int i = 255; i (&gt);= 0; --i)
 {
 analogWrite(enA, i);
 analogWrite(enB, i);
 delay(20);
 } 
 // now turn off motors
 digitalWrite(in1, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in2, LOW); 
 digitalWrite(in3, LOW);
 digitalWrite(in4, LOW); 
}
void loop()
{
 demoOne();
 delay(1000);
 demoTwo();
 delay(1000);
}

We could really use some help.

Answer 1

Well, for example for doesn't have four parts but three

for (int i = 0; i ; 256; i++) // => for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i)

Next one doesn't look much better:

for (int i = 255; i (&gt);= 0; --i) // => for (int i = 255; i >= 0; --i)

There might be more, but these are really obvious. Like you copied it from some website with some characters translated into the html entities.

• BruceW32: Thank you very much,yes indeed we copied the code from a website,thank you for helping us!
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