ParserError: Expected ';' but got identifier Error HH600: Compilation failed - getting this error, one step before deploying the contract

External question — Ethereum Stack Exchange Author: Feynman Original post: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/115151 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. I keep getting this error; I was told before to use "const License one in my code, but I don't know which contract I will put it into. Here's the picture: Could someone advise me on what I should do to fix this issue. Would really appreciate it, will build a youtube channel soon to fix common problems. ParserError: Expected ';' but got identifier --> contracts/Nikola.sol:5:24: | 5 | const License = await ethers.getContractFactory('License'); | ^^^^^^ Error HH600: Compilation failed

External answer — Ethereum Stack Exchange Author: 0xninja Original post: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/a/115156 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. there is something wrong with your deployment script and/or your hardhat config. as this error isn't reproducible. suggestion: if you start a new project with npx hardhat and pick create a basic project , and copy your solidity contract into it (making sure to change Greeter to Nikola in the hh.config and deployment scripts, you should be good to go.