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    Thumbs up My program

    I just wrote this tiny program just to try out my newly gained knowledge on text files, but I don't think its anything to do with the text file part which is causing the error:
    38: parse error before `else'

    Here is the code which I am having problems with...

    cout << "\nWould you like to save your document?[1]Yes [2].No";
    int answer;
    cin >> answer;

    if (answer = 2);
    {
    remove (FileName.c_str());
    }
    else;
    {
    cout << "You may now exit";
    }


    }


    Thanks
    -Chris

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    Code:
    //need the double equal sign
    if (answer == 2)
    { 
    //not sure what this part is
    remove (FileName.c_str()); 
    } 
    //no terminating semi colon after else
    else
    { 
    cout << "You may now exit"; 
    }
    Last edited by Witch_King; 08-27-2001 at 01:14 AM.
    I compile code with:
    Visual Studio.NET beta2

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    >> if (answer = 2);

    this should be "if (answer == 2)" without the quotes.

    Because you put a semicolon after this statement the compiler doesn't expect an else statement.

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    No take out the semi colon. I didn't put it there. I just copied and pasted the code and didn't see it there.
    I compile code with:
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    remove semicolon after the if(answer==2) and after the else

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