I am a newbie in Solidity. I am learning by reading official docs, i.e. [**Solidity**](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.10/units-and-global-variables.html#address-related) I am trying to get the balance of an address in solidity using the simple `balance` method. Below is my code:

```solidity
pragma solidity ^0.5.1;

contract Firstry {
    address abc = 0xCBD6832Ebc203e49E2B771897067fce3c58575ac ;
    abc.balance(unit 256) ; 
}

```

Upon trying to compile it, I am getting the following error:

```
ParseError : Expected Identifier but got '('.

```

Can anyone please help me with what I am doing wrong?