Swift: Expected declaration error in if statement [duplicate]

I have a TableViewController and a ViewController. I am trying to link the two together and print a certain statement in the ViewController dependent on which row has been tabbed in the TableViewControler.

I declared a public variable called rowCounter and in the TableViewController class I set rowCounter equal to the row of the indexPath.

Then, in the TableViewController I am trying to use an if-statement to access the rowCounter variable and print a statement dependent on the number but I keep getting an 'expected declaration' error. What am I doing wrong?

Here's the code:

TableViewController:

import UIKit

var rowCounter: Int = 0

class TableTableViewController: UITableViewController {

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations
    // self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = false

    // Uncomment the following line to display an Edit button in the navigation bar for this view controller.
    // self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = self.editButtonItem()
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> NSIndexPath? {

    rowCounter = indexPath.row

    return indexPath
}

ViewController:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

if rowCounter == 1 {

println("test")

}

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

}