Thread: c++ confusion

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    c++ confusion

    ok i just started learning c++ (with q basic background) and i was working on a program when i go to compile it there is an error and it stops here is the code can someone point out my problem? i am using microsoft visual c++

    #include <iostream.h>

    int main ()

    {
    int number,
    int name,

    cout<<"Hey hey enter a number please!";
    cin>>number;
    cout<<"Is this your number?">>number;

    return 0;
    }

    (yeah its from the tutorial)

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    Try the following. First remember that semicolons end C++ statements. Also, no standard header has .h at the end.

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main ()
    
    {
    int number;
    int name;
    
    cout<<"Hey hey enter a number please!";
    cin>>number;
    cout<<"Is this your number?">>number;
    
    return 0;
    }

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    i tried your version and i got this error
    --------------------Configuration: lesson - Win32 Debug--------------------
    Compiling...
    lesson1 prog.cpp
    c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\lesson\lesson1 prog.cpp(16) : fatal error C1010: unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header directive
    Error executing cl.exe.

    lesson.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
    Last edited by Goku-ssj; 09-10-2002 at 05:15 PM.

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    try just add the semicolons SilentStrike mentioned to your code and leave out the namespace line, and use the .h extension on the header file. If that works then your compiler isn't namespace compliant and it doesn't use the latest "standard" header file system. It's still an okay compiler, but it just isn't the latest and greatest version.

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    nope still not working

    --------------------Configuration: lesson - Win32 Debug--------------------
    Compiling...
    lesson1 prog.cpp
    c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\myprojects\lesson\lesson1 prog.cpp(15) : fatal error C1010: unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header directive
    Error executing cl.exe.

    lesson1 prog.obj - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)


    same error =(

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    This works:

    Code:
    #include <iostream.h>
    //using namespace std; //Why this?
    
    int main ()
    {
    int number;
    int name;
    cout<<"Hey hey enter a number please!";
    cin>>number;
    cout<<"\nIs this your number? "<<number<<"\n";
    return 0;
    }

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    You probably copied something wrong (I am guessing on the first line).
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    lets go back a step what type of file should i make (ive been using c/c++ source) because i got the same error i dont think its a code problem anymroe i think its something with my install

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    If you are using MSVC6, create a C++ Console Application, make it empty then add a new file to the project, and then copy and paste that code into it.
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    thx all for your help this code worked in the file and project just listed =)

    this is the code

    #include <iostream.h>
    //using namespace std; //Why this?

    int main ()
    {
    int number;
    int name;
    cout<<"Hey hey enter a number please!";
    cin>>number;
    cout<<"\nIs this your number? "<<number<<"\n";
    return 0;
    }

    i was using win32 application and not console application i think that might have bene it

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    Actually Silent Strike made a typo here on this line:

    Code:
    cout<<"Is this your number?">>number;
    
    return 0;
    }
    Otherwise his code should have worked fine.

    Also, the correct way to use the header

    Goku-ssj is

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    Don't comment the line out. In C++, there is a concept called a namespace and here we are calling the standard namespace because that is where cin and cout our found.

    Mr. C.

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    Yeah, my bad.. I didn't check the code well enough .
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    again, only use the iostream version and namespace line if your compiler is compliant with those concepts. New compilers should be, older version probably won't be. Standards take time to permeate throughout the entire programming universe. Many of us still use older compilers.

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