Another Novice question..

[Paradigm]

I am sure this will be obvious to most. But I keep getting an error message on my code below. I am new to C, so any help or advice will be much appreciated !!

# include <stdio.h>

int main () {

int age;
int price = 20;
int concessionprice;

  printf("Enter your age?: ");
  scanf("%d", &age);

  if (age >= 18)
  printf("Please pay $%d.\n", price);
  else if (age > 12 && age < 18)
  concessionprice = age/2;
  printf("Please pay $%d.\n", concessionprice);
  else 
  printf("children under 13 are free");
}

The error message I get is:

17:3: error: expected expression
  else
  ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [testinif] Error 1

I don't understand what expression is needed after Else?

[livin]

I am sure this will be obvious to most. But I keep getting an error message on my code below. I am new to C, so any help or advice will be much appreciated !!

# include <stdio.h>

int main () {

int age;
int price = 20;
int concessionprice;

  printf("Enter your age?: ");
  scanf("%d", &age);

  if (age >= 18)
  printf("Please pay $%d.\n", price);
  else if (age > 12 && age < 18)
  concessionprice = age/2;
  printf("Please pay $%d.\n", concessionprice);
  else 
  printf("children under 13 are free");
}

The error message I get is:

17:3: error: expected expression
  else
  ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [testinif] Error 1

I don't understand what expression is needed after Else?

Try this attached code instead. U were missing a couple of braces in the else if block.

[Paradigm]

Problem solved. Thanks alot!

[livin]

U r welcome..But keep i mind that u shouldn't read too much into the errors of the compiler..they r usually not what they look like...when it says something is wrong with a particular line, it usually means there is some error somewhere in the code and not in that line..so u need to go through the whole code. Thats the reason why we have so many debugging tools inspite of compiler giving all the errors. I too am a beginner and had to learn all this the hard way..So happy learning.Good luck!!

[CommonTater]

U r welcome..But keep i mind that u shouldn't read too much into the errors of the compiler..they r usually not what they look like...when it says something is wrong with a particular line, it usually means there is some error somewhere in the code and not in that line..so u need to go through the whole code. Thats the reason why we have so many debugging tools inspite of compiler giving all the errors. I too am a beginner and had to learn all this the hard way..So happy learning.Good luck!!

There is a reason compilers list errors... and it's not so you can ignore them.
And yes, the error is almost always on the line number indicated.

Debugging tools exist because "it compiles" does not imply "it works".

Finally... see this Forum's homework policy...
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