Thread: illegal else without matching if HELP!!!!

this is the program i have and i keep getting these 3 errors when building it
1>m:\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\cobytown2.cpp(25) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'
1>m:\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\cobytown2.cpp(30) : error C2181: illegal else without matching if
1>m:\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\cobytown2.cpp(30) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'

Code:

// this program will calculate the viallage of cobytowns water bill for it's customers
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
	string type, name,acctyp;
	const double metchar=5.00;
	const double resident=.20;
	const double business=.30;
	double oldreading,newreading,waterused,totaldue,watercharge;
	cout<<"Please enter the customers name:";
	cin>>name;
	cout<<"Please enter the customers account type:";
	cin>>acctyp;
	cout<<"Please enter the customers old reading:";
	cin>>oldreading;
	cout<<"Please enter the customers new reading:";
	cin>>newreading;
	waterused=newreading-oldreading;
	                       
	if (acctyp=)"R";
	{
		watercharge=(waterused/100)*resident;
		type="resident";
	}
	else if (acctyp=)"B";
	{
		watercharge=(waterused/100)*business;
		type="business";
	}
	cin.get();
	cout<<"JOHN DOE"<<endl<<endl<<endl;
	cout<<setw(60)<<"VILLAGE OF COBYTOWN WATER BILL\n\n\n\n";
	cout<<setw(40)<<"Customers name:"<<name<<endl;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"Customers account type:"<<acctyp<<endl<<endl;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"Old reading:"<<oldreading<<endl;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"New reading:"<<newreading<<endl<<endl;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"Water used:"<<waterused<<endl<<endl;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"Water charge:"<<watercharge<<endl;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"Meter rental:"<<metchar<<endl;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"---------"<<endl;
	totaldue=metchar+watercharge;
	cout<<setw(40)<<"TOTAL DUE:$"<<totaldue<<endl;



}

>> if (acctyp=)"R";
Your syntax is wong here, the "R" should be inside the parentheses, you should be using ==, and there shouldn't be a semi-colon at the end.

Code:

if (your_object == whatever_it_should_be_equal_to)
{
	// Code here
}
else if (new_if_here)
{
	// Code here
}

It's possible to do

Code:

if (my_if_here);

But that would make an empty if and some compilers will warn you (like VC++). Almost always a bad usage and should be avoided.
Anyway, that's the basic syntax on IFs.