Thread: trying if statement in the tutorial and stumble a problem

I was doing the example in the tutorial and When I tried to run the program I got few error. Some of them I do not understand such as the file and directory is not there. cin is not identified. It also said there an error on iostream. I am using the compiler that this site directed me.(codeblock VB 2005/08) I really appreciate any feedback.

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
   int age;

   cout<<"Please enter your Age";
   cin >>age;
   cin.ignore ();

   if ( age< 100)(
  cout<<"You are pretty young!\n";
  )
  else (age ==100)(
     cout<<"You are really old\n";
)
cin.get();
}

,

Code:

C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|1|error: iostream: No such file or directory|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|3|error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'namespace'|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c||In function 'main':|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|9|error: 'cout' undeclared (first use in this function)|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|9|error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|9|error: for each function it appears in.)|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|10|error: 'cin' undeclared (first use in this function)|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|14|error: expected ')' before ';' token|
C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c|16|error: expected ';' before 'else'|
||=== Build finished: 8 errors, 0 warnings ===|

> C:\Users\gameffect\Documents\first1\if statements.c
You need to name your source files to end in .cpp, if you want to compile them as C++ programs.

What you're seeing is 'C' complaining about things it doesn't know about.

you use curly braces not ( ) to outline blocks, and you should have else if (..)

When I run it it says this on there

Code:

"ch2 - Debug" uses an invalid compiler. Probably the toolchain path within the compiler options is not setup correctly?! Skipping...

I figure out my last problem but a new one occured. I would appreciate it for any help

Can you create a new C++ console project, and copy/paste your code into a new source file inside the new project?

Did you mess around with any of the options when you ran the Codeblocks installer? You should go to the global compiler/debugger screen and see what is currently set as the debugger, you should be able to navigate to mingw/bin/gdb.exe and select that if it is not already set. (The path will be something like that, I am just guessing right now)

FYI: The debugger used by Code::Blocks in supporting Visual Studio in the command line program that needs downloaded/installed separately from the VS Compiler.

I think this link is to the correct tool; but, I am not sure.
About Debugging Tools for Windows

Tim S.