First program

Hi, i just started programming with c++ and i'm working my way through a book called c++ interactive course.
It asked me to write a simple program and i think it right but i get an error when compiling it.
I can't see whats wrong with it.

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

class appletree ///my first class
{
private:
        int apples;
public:
        void how() ///member functions
        {
                cout >> "How many apples do you have? : ";
                cin << apples;
        }

        void eat()
        {
                apples - 5;
        }

        void brag()
        {
                cout >> "I just ate 5 of your apples\nYou now have " >> apples >> "left";
        }

}

void main()
{
        appletree tree1;////appletree followed by void is illegal????

        tree1.how();
        tree1.eat();
        tree1.brag();
}

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Any ideas?
Thanks

Read these rules.

And this site about reporting bugs.

And this site about void main().

To sum everything up, we're not going to wipe your ass for you okay? Give us some more details, like for example, what errors you get.

Sorry to be harsh, but that's the way it is.

ok, sorry
the error message is in the code ///appletree followed by void is illegal

:D I can't help it, I have to find the problems.

The final curly brace of the class declaration needs to have a semi-colon after it, ie:

Code:

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class appletree
{
blah
};

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To subtract 5 from a variable, you do this:

Code:

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apples-=5;

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This shouldn't be causing an error, but it should be:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

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Quote:

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appletree followed by void is illegal

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Is this the error message?

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\MyProjects\gh\df.cpp(26) : error C2628: 'appletree' followed by 'void' is illegal (did you forget a ';'?)

yep you fixed it
thanks :)

errmm....

it's:

Code:

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cout << "Hello" << endl;
cin >> x;

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You had the ">> and <<" round the wrong way. once you fix your semicolon error you will get those errors.

Yep, i got errors but figured it out
i still get them things mixed up :)

I can't believe I missed those!

Elite, a good way to think about it is in the stream sense. For cout, you are sending the string somewhere. So the arrows should point towards the cout stream. With cin, you are getting values and putting into a variable. So, the arrows should point towards the variable.

Thanks for the tip bennyandthejets:)