---
name: "When an error makes no sense"
type: topic
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/When_an_error_makes_no_sense
revid: 376119
updated: 2025-08-31T21:26:20Z
---

# When an error makes no sense

Sometimes, the displayed error will not appear to be correct. The error parser will point you to a line of code which is correct, yet it will tell you that some strange error exists at that point.

In this case, the problem usually lies **beneath** that point in the code.
Usually the source of the error is actually a **missing parenthesis, bracket, curly brace, etc.**
Usually the error message says that it encountered a string where it expected code.

**Compatibility:**

This only applies to [SQF Syntax](../topics/SQF_Syntax.md) scripts, not [SQS](../topics/SQS_Syntax.md) scripts.

**Example:**

```sqf
for "_i" from 0 to 1 do
{
    _str = format ["mystring", _i;
};
```

In this example, the error will be shown to originate just to the left of the word "do".
However, the error is actually caused by a line in the code beneath the do statement
(such an error would be difficult to spot if it were many more lines down in the code).

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — When an error makes no sense](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/When_an_error_makes_no_sense) (revision 376119).</sub>