Compiler Error CS1026

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An incomplete statement was found.

A common cause of this error is placing a statement, rather than an expression, within an inline expression in an ASP.NET page. For example, the following is incorrect:

<%=new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - new DateTime(2001, 1, 1).Ticks).Days;%>

The following is correct:

<%=new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - new DateTime(2001, 1, 1).Ticks).Days %>

It is interpreted as follows:

<% Response.Write(new TimeSpan(DateTime.Now.Ticks - new DateTime(2001, 1, 1).Ticks).Days); %>

The following example generates CS1026:

// CS1026.cs
#if (a == b   // CS1026, add closing )
#endif

class x
{
   public static void Main()
   {
   }
}