Thread: main must return int.. (problem)

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    main must return int.. (problem)

    Code:
     
    # include <stdio.h>
    void main()
    {
    char n[20];
    float bs,hra,ns,pf;
    printf("enter name and basic salary");
    scanf("%s%f",n,&bs);
    if (bs <=6500)
    hra =bs*.10;
    else if (bs,5000)
    hra=bs*.12;
    else
    hra=bs*.15;
    if (bs>2700)
    pf=bs*0.9;
    else
    pf=0;
    ns=bs+hra-pf;
    printf("hra=%2f\n",hra);
    printf("pf=%2f\n",pf);
    printf("ns=%2f\n",ns);
    }
    compiler gives out an error " `main' must return `int' "
    can anyone rectify this piece of code?

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    Well, you could change this:
    Code:
    void main()
    to:
    Code:
    int main()
    You may also need this at the end of the main function:
    Code:
    return 0;
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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