Thread: error: expected identifier or ‘(’ before ‘{’ token '{ '

I can't figure out why my code will not compile.
The error listed above is the only error shown on the terminal.
I have tried taking the ';' after the main(void) statement (as suggested on similar posts) but this just leads to more compilation errors.
Does anybody have any ideas???

Code:

#include <stdio.h>


int main(void);
{
double change ; 
int quater =0 , dime =0 , nickel =0 , penny =0 ;
printf("how much change is owed?\n");
scanf("%lf" , &change);
do
{
    if (change >= 0.25);
    {
    quarter = quarter++ ;
    change = (change - 0.25);
    }
    else if (0.25 > change >= 0.1);
    {
    dime = dime++ ;
    change = (change - 0.1);
    }
    else if (0.1 > change >= 0.05);
    {
    nickel = nickel++ ;
    change = (change - 0.05);
    }
    else if (0.05 > change >= 0.01);
    {
    penny = penny++ ;
    change = (change - 0.01);
    }
}
while (change > 0);
printf("the number of quarters is: %f\n" , &quarter);
printf("the number of dimes is: %f\n" , &dime);
printf("the number of nickels is: %f\n" , &nickel);
printf("the number of pennys is: %f\n" , &penny);
}

The semi-colon after "int main(void)" is a mistake. If you read the errors after removing this, they should have described the problem.

Also, the semi-colons after each "if()" is also wrong.

Code:

int quater =0

// ...

 quarter = quarter++ ;

Check your spelling. And the increment can be simplified to just:

Code:

quarter++;

ah ok good catch, thanks

Originally Posted by megafiddle

It actually needs to be just

Code:

quarter++;

That's what I said

Originally Posted by megafiddle

You implied that this would still be permissible:

Ah, poor wording on my part. Point well made.