Thread: 'Else without a previous if' - What Am I doing wrong?

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    'Else without a previous if' - What Am I doing wrong?

    Hello programmers!
    I am new to c programming and just started a course 3 weeks ago, and now we need to make a project where it will be asking you a few things and then do the progress...
    But I am having a few problems, could anybody help me please?


    Code:
    void PellerK(double *Produkt, double *Kvot){
      printf("Produkt eller Kvot?\n");    /*Asking to multiply or divide*/
      scanf("%lf %lf",&Produkt,&Kvot);
    
    if (PellerK == Produkt); {
    printf("Produkten blir = %d\n");
    }
    else (PellerK == Kvot); {
    printf("Kvoten blir = %d\n");
    }
    This part above is when I encounter my problem...
    When I try to run this I get an error where it says;
    'Else without a previous if' - What am I doing wrong? Please help me out

    If you see that I am doing anything else which is wrong, please feel free to help me out with that aswell!

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    Drop the semicolons directly after the if condition and the else condition.

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    The correct syntax for "if-else" is:

    Code:
    if(argument)
    {
        // ...
    }
    else
    {
        // ...
    }
    Don't put an argument after "else".

    Also, remove the semi-colon after the "if()" - it does not belong there.

    Code:
    scanf("%lf %lf",&Produkt,&Kvot);
    "scanf()" expects an address of the variables you're scanning. The two variables you're storing to are pointers (already addresses), so you don't need the & before them.

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    > if (PellerK == Produkt);
    Remove the trailing ;

    > else (PellerK == Kvot);
    An else doesn't have an expression.
    What this is is the statement which is evaluated when the else part is taken.
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    Wow, Thanks for the great quick respond!
    But when I remove the semicolons I get a new error...

    "Error: expected ";" before "{" token"

    Edit: I found out what I was doing wrong...
    Last edited by Cofex; 02-26-2013 at 02:08 PM. Reason: Found out the solution

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    Once again, thanks for the quick resonse and the great answers!

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