Thread: The helloworld code. yes i'm a newbie.

hello there,

started to learn the lang yesterday.
trying to compile the helloworld code.

Code:

#include <iostream>

int main();


{
     cout << "Hello World!\n";
    return 0;
}

and i get the followed errors when compiling with minigw.

Code:

helloworld.cpp:5:1: error: expected unqqualified-id before '{' token

Code:

helloworld.cpp:5:1: error: 'cout' does not name a type
helloworld.cpp:6:2: error: expected unqualified-id before 'return'
helloworld.cpp:7:1: error: expecteed declartion before '}' token

i'm honestly losing my sanity in this stupid error.
please provide some direct answers why this is happening, because Google could not.

thanks !