Problems With C++ Code ( from a book )

hey guys im new here. I recently started learning c++. I was reading through my book ( Mike McGrath C++ in easy steps third edition ) when i came to compiling a program i was making from the book. i had loads of errors. yet it was copied exactly from the book.

Here is the code:

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std ;

// Arrays Program.

int main()
{

// Program code goes here.

	// Declared then initiaised.
	float nums[3] ;
	nums[0] = 1.5 ; nums[1] = 2.75 ; nums[2] = 3.25 ;

	// Declared and initialised.
	char name[5] = { 'm', 'i', 'k', 'e', '\0' } ;
	int coords[2] [3] = { { 1, 2, 3 } , { 4, 5, 5 } } ;
	}

	cout << "nums[0]: " << nums[0] << endl ;
	cout << "nums[1]: " << nums[1] << endl ;
	cout << "nums[2]: " << nums[2] << endl ;
	cout << "name[0]: " << name[0]<< endl ;	
	cout << "string: " << name << endl ;
	cout << "coords[0][2]: " << coords[0][2] << endl ;
	cout << "coords[1][2]: " << coords[1][2] << endl ;

return 0 ;

}

Here are the errors from my compiler ( MiniGW )

Code:

arrays.cpp:20: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion befor
e '<<' token
arrays.cpp:21: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion befor
e '<<' token
arrays.cpp:22: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion befor
e '<<' token
arrays.cpp:23: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion befor
e '<<' token
arrays.cpp:24: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion befor
e '<<' token
arrays.cpp:25: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion befor
e '<<' token
arrays.cpp:26: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion befor
e '<<' token
arrays.cpp:28: error: expected unqualified-id before "return"
arrays.cpp:30: error: expected declaration before '}' token

if anybody could please help me that would be appriciated. i dont know if its me or the book thats making the errors. Btw if anyone else has the book its page 19

can anyone help me?

anybody help me?

Posting 3 times in under an hour is not going to expedite the help process. It, however, will annoy everyone who can help you thus causing them to silently skip this thread.

Count your open & close braces. They should be equal, but you have an extra } where it shouldn't be.

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std ;

// Arrays Program.

int main()
{

// Program code goes here.

	// Declared then initiaised.
	float nums[3] ;
	nums[0] = 1.5 ; nums[1] = 2.75 ; nums[2] = 3.25 ;

	// Declared and initialised.
	char name[5] = { 'm', 'i', 'k', 'e', '\0' } ;
	int coords[2] [3] = { { 1, 2, 3 } , { 4, 5, 5 } } ;
	} // MAIN ENDS HERE

	cout << "nums[0]: " << nums[0] << endl ;

Recheck

Look at what valthyx is stating, then look back at your code,

Keep going back and forth until you see it.

You have one thing, you do not need.


Also, some books are wrong on purpose, just for you (the reader) to debug and learn from....