question about initializing variables.

[brack]

I try to run my first programs in c++...and i have a question. Why the word "string" leaves it as it is and the word "int" change it to bold + a colour of compiler choice....?

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(void){
        int age;
	string name;
		// ...

return 0;
}

[Elysia]

int is a keyword which is most likely why your IDE/editor changes it to a specific color.
std::string is a type but not a keyword.

[brack]

So, there is no problem on "this"...they are both correct as i see them...right?

[Elysia]

Yes.

[hk_mp5kpdw]

There may be an option/setting somewhere that can control what gets colored/highlighted in your editor/IDE. The Microsoft Visual Studio series of IDEs had a location where you could create a text file with a specific name and put various types in it that would then be colored like all the usual keywords. The file was named usertype.dat and existed (or needed to be created) in the IDEs common7\IDE directory, i.e.:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE (for Visual Studio 2005)
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE (for Visual Studio 2010)

The point is, if you have some other editor/IDE or one of the above IDEs then you may be able to change how it shows up if you do a little digging.

BTW, your post title has nothing to do with initialization of variables.