Thread: BAH! expected `;' before 'else'

Hi im new, and I bring you my woes for you to comfort me and brighten my day!

The only errors I get when compiling my program are:
pgm4b.cpp: In function 'int main()':
pgm4b.cpp:43: error: expected primary-expression before 'else'
pgm4b.cpp:43: error: expected `;' before 'else'

And I know that the "expected ';' before 'else'" usually has to do with the ill-placement of an ';' after an if() condition before the commands, but nothing as such exists in my code, or atleast any I can find.

The program is supposed to take in user input variables for a hotel

What is the top floor?

then a loop is started and repeats this questions in correlation to the # of floors

how many rooms on that floor?
how many are occupied

Then the program should calculate
How many rooms the hotel has
how many are occupied
how many are empty
and the occupancy % of filled to empty rooms
and the program should skip processing of floor six as the hotel doesn't a floor six or something,
ALSO determine the heart Break floor which is the floor with the least amount of occupied rooms.

Code:

// pgm4b.cpp Kyle o'Brien cs201 1:30
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main()
                { // opening block for main

        int tFloor, fRooms, oRooms;
        int tfRooms = 0;
        int toRooms = 0;
        int heartBreakF = 0;
        int heartBreakO = 0;
        int floor = 1;
        int empty;
        double occRate;

        cout << "What is the top floor? " << endl;
        cin >> tFloor;

        if (tFloor >= 1)
                        { // validation
                while(floor <= tFloor)
                                { // floor is acting counter
                        if (floor == 6)  // skipping floor 6
                                floor++;
                        else // skipping floor 6
                cout << "How many rooms on floor " << floor << " ?";
                cout << endl;
                cin >> fRooms;
                cout << "How many of those are occupied? " << endl;
                cin >> oRooms;
                        if(oRooms < oRooms)
                                        { // HeartBreak Checker
                        heartBreakO = oRooms;
                        heartBreakF = floor;
                      }
                tfRooms = tfRooms + fRooms;
                toRooms = toRooms + oRooms;
                floor++;
                } // loop closing

        else     // validation else option

        cout << "Enter a higher value for top Floor" << endl;

        } // validation closing

        occRate = toRooms / tfRooms;
        empty = tfRooms - toRooms;
        cout << fixed;
        cout << "The hotel has a total of " << tfRooms << " rooms";
        cout << endl;
        cout << toRooms << " are occupied" << endl;
        cout << empty << " are empty" << endl;
cout << "The occupancy rate is " << setprecision(1) << occRate << "%" << endl;
cout << "The heartbreak floor is: " << heartBreakF << " with only ";
cout << heartBreakO << " occupied rooms." << endl;

return 0;
}

I've tried just removing the else at line 43, and it compiles fine, but when I run it my occRate and heartBreakF and heartBreakO return as 0.

Thanks again in advance!

This is what I get when I properly indent your code...

Code:

// pgm4b.cpp Kyle o'Brien cs201 1:30
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main()
{ // opening block for main

	int tFloor, fRooms, oRooms;
	int tfRooms = 0;
	int toRooms = 0;
	int heartBreakF = 0;
	int heartBreakO = 0;
	int floor = 1;
	int empty;
	double occRate;

	cout << "What is the top floor? " << endl;
	cin >> tFloor;

	if (tFloor >= 1)
	{ // validation
		while(floor <= tFloor)
		{ // floor is acting counter
			if (floor == 6)  // skipping floor 6
				floor++;
			else // skipping floor 6
				cout << "How many rooms on floor " << floor << " ?";
			cout << endl;
			cin >> fRooms;
			cout << "How many of those are occupied? " << endl;
			cin >> oRooms;
			if(oRooms < oRooms)
			{ // HeartBreak Checker
				heartBreakO = oRooms;
				heartBreakF = floor;
			}
			tfRooms = tfRooms + fRooms;
			toRooms = toRooms + oRooms;
			floor++;
		} // loop closing

	else     // validation else option // Oops! Out of place!

		cout << "Enter a higher value for top Floor" << endl;

	} // validation closing

	occRate = toRooms / tfRooms;
	empty = tfRooms - toRooms;
	cout << fixed;
	cout << "The hotel has a total of " << tfRooms << " rooms";
	cout << endl;
	cout << toRooms << " are occupied" << endl;
	cout << empty << " are empty" << endl;
	cout << "The occupancy rate is " << setprecision(1) << occRate << "%" << endl;
	cout << "The heartbreak floor is: " << heartBreakF << " with only ";
	cout << heartBreakO << " occupied rooms." << endl;

	return 0;
}

What IDE /editor do you use?