Thread: error C2143 missing ';'...

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    error C2143 missing ';'...

    Hi all,

    i am using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express

    i am sure, a super easy question. i am just learning C++...and i am already stuck with this error...here the simple program

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    int main() 
    {
        int ai {5}; // Error : Missing ';' before {
        cout << ai;
        return 0;
    }
    i admit i never used such initialisation and never heard of it so far, i used to write
    Code:
    int ai = 5
    why is the compiler complaining.

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    The syntax you're trying to use was introduced in the 2011 edition of the C++ standard, i.e., your compiler is too old.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    oook. Understood. thanks.

    is there an advantage of the new syntax again the old one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scatman
    is there an advantage of the new syntax again the old one?
    It's a bit old and so might be outdated for C++14 and C++17 as I vaguely recall some technical change in this area, but it's still a good overview: GotW #1 Solution: Variable Initialization – or Is It?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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