Thread: Beginner Question about cout and cin

I have just started working on learning C++, got Microsoft Visual Basic C++ and a book which i am reading and working through. But now i have come upon a few problems i believe are actually easy to solve, but i am ignorant as to how.

Firstly, Microsoft Visual Basic C++ does not seem to understand the lines:

cout >>
cin <<

it brings them up as errors indicating that they are not actual reserved words.
When i try to use them i use both <iostream.h> and <iomanip.h>, but perhaps there is a different one for this program?

I also have the problem that Microsoft VB C++ does not recognize the #includes <graphics.h> or "apstring.h". Are these simply not used in this program or do they have a different name?

apstring.h is not a standard header file. it is made by CollegeBoard for APCS classes. You can find it here . The file must be in the same folder as your project, and you must include apstring.cpp in your project.

Firstly, Microsoft Visual Basic C++

Are you using Visual C++ or Visual basic?? Visual Basic wont work because that is not a C++ compiler.

try this:

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int a;

cout << "Enter a number: ";
cin >> a;

cout << "Number was: " << a << endl;
return 0;
}

>Microsoft Visual Basic C++
They are different languages. VB is one language, C++ is another. They are not the same.

>#includes <graphics.h> or "apstring.h".
Microsoft compilers do not support graphics.h. Use a borland compiler, although those libraries are old'en. For the ap classes, go into the school's compiler's directories and copy all the .h and .cpp files for the ap classes. Get your teacher to help you if you need it. Then, go into your computer, paste them there in some folder (use a floppy) and go into compiler options and add the directory of where you put them in. Boom, it should work.

Thanks a lot for the help, now cout and cin are working but i have come upon quite an unusualy error message that perhaps someone here will understand:

Compiling...
IMPORTANT1.C
c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\eh.h(32) : fatal error C1189: #error : "eh.h is only for C++!"
Error executing cl.exe.

looks like u didnt comment off a line u mean too comment off

its just a copy of the code pasted above by you RoD

it cant be, that error doesnt make any sense.

try

Code:

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
int a;
cout << "Enter a number: ";
cin >> a;
cout << "Number was: " << a << endl;
return 0;
}

hmmm wierd.

If i use:
#include <iostream>
then i get that wierd error. I think it is BECAUSE i dont use the .h at the end.

If i use:
# include <iostream.h>
It doesn't understand the following line of:
using namespace std;
or any cin or cout statements.

So i am assuming now that i MUST put the .h, so there is still not really a solution to the original problem.

Really starting to hate microsoft.....

dont mix and match the two example i gave you, try them one at a time and see which works. I dont see how that last error you posted could have resulted from my first code example unless you modified it, its not possible if were using the same compiler. That error makes no sense at all.

Originally posted by RoD

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int a;

cout << "Enter a number: ";
cin >> a;

cout << "Number was: " << a << endl;
return 0;
}

excuse me Rod but what does the two lines of code i made bold do, i wrote a simple program in the same fashion as the one above that would square a number you enter but didnt add what you wrote. what do they do? *thank you*

namespace :

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284351


<< endl;

Creates a new line. What you are doing here is telling it to end the current line.

So if i output this way:

cout << "Hello World";
cout << "Im Steve";

the output would be Hello WorldIm Steve.

If i do it this way:

cout << "Hello World" << endl;
cout << "Im Steve" << endl;

it shows as

Hello World
Im Steve


any clearer?