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Can someone explain what is wrong with my code?

Code:

//explation: Writing a database to hold friends and family, just as a test of
//my programming skills. It should ask you to select a catagory in the beginning
//then you will go to the relavent section. The problem is, it has alot of syntax
//errors, there are still errors and most sections which cause the errors have been
//commented out. Please help me fix the code.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

    using std::string;
    using std::cout;
    using std::endl;

    struct database
    {

    int age;
    string name;
    string name2;
    };

    int main()

    {
    database family;                        //will be known as catagory 2
	
	family.age=11;
	family.name = "Katherine";
    family.name2 = "Lau";

    }

    database friends;                       //catagory 1

	friends.age=14;
	friends.name = "Richard";
	friends.name2 = "Reader";
	
	cout<<"Select Catagory(1 or 2)";
	
	//int cat;
	
    //cin<<cat;
    
    //IF(cat==1)
	
    {
	
	cout << "First Name :" << friends.name << endl;
    cout << "Surname :" << friends.name2 << endl;
	cout << "Age :" << friends.age << endl;
	
    }	
	
	//else if(cat==2)
	
    {
	
	//cout << "First Name :" << family.name << endl;
    //cout << "Surname :" << family.name2 << endl;
	//cout << "Age :" << family.age << endl;
	
    }
	
    return 0;
    
    {

//cin<<cat;

//IF(cat==1)


try

cin>>cat;

and if (cat ==1)

why is there a parse error when I add
else if(cat==2)
and even if I type 1 or 2 in my proggie, it comes up with a messed up version,

Code:

//explation: Writing a database to hold friends and family, just as a test of
//my programming skills. It should ask you to select a catagory in the beginning
//then you will go to the relavent section. The problem is, it has alot of syntax
//errors, there are still errors and most sections which cause the errors have been
//commented out. Please help me fix the code.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using std::string;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

struct database{

int age;
string name;
string name2;

};

int main()

{
    database family;    
	
	family.age=11;
	family.name = "Katherine";
    family.name2 = "Lau";

    database friends;

	friends.age=14;
	friends.name = "Richard";
	friends.name2 = "Reader";
	
	cout<<"Please input 2,family or 1,friends";
	
	int cat;
	
	cin>>cat;

	
	if(cat==1)
	
    cout << "First Name :" << friends.name << endl;
    cout << "Surname :" << friends.name2 << endl;
	cout << "Age :" << friends.age << endl;
	
	//else if(cat==2)
	
	cout << "First Name :" << family.name << endl;
    cout << "Surname :" << family.name2 << endl;
	cout << "Age :" << family.age << endl;
	
	return 0;

}

Well here you go. You have a if with more than one line so you need brackets.

Code:

//explation: Writing a database to hold friends and family, just as a test of
//my programming skills. It should ask you to select a catagory in the beginning
//then you will go to the relavent section. The problem is, it has alot of syntax
//errors, there are still errors and most sections which cause the errors have been
//commented out. Please help me fix the code.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <conio.h>
using std::string;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

struct database{

int age;
string name;
string name2;

};

int main()

{
    database family;    
	
	family.age=11;
	family.name = "Katherine";
    family.name2 = "Lau";

    database friends;

	friends.age=14;
	friends.name = "Richard";
	friends.name2 = "Reader";
	
	cout<<"Please input 2,family or 1,friends";
	
	int cat;
	
	cin>>cat;

	
	if(cat==1)
	{ // MUST USE
    cout << "First Name :" << friends.name << endl;
    cout << "Surname :" << friends.name2 << endl;
	cout << "Age :" << friends.age << endl;
	} // MUST USE
	else if(cat==2)
	{ //MUST USE
	cout << "First Name :" << family.name << endl;
    cout << "Surname :" << family.name2 << endl;
	cout << "Age :" << family.age << endl;
	} //MUST USE
   getch();
	return 0;

}

It should work good now.

NOTE: Switch statement may be easier to use!!