Why doesn't this compile? Sample code from book 2.2!!! And it doesn't compile

**incognito** · 03-07-2003

Code:

// Listing 2.2 using std::cout
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
	std::cout << "Hello there.\n";
	std::cout << "Here is 5: " << 5 << "\n";
	std::cout << "The manipulator std::endl ";
	std::cout << writes a new line to the screen.";
	std::cout <<  std::endl;
	std::cout << "Here is a very big number:\t" << 70000;
	std::cout << std::endl;
	std::cout << "Here is the sum of 8 and 5:\t";
	std::cout << 8+5 << std::endl;
	std::cout << "Here's a fraction:\t\t";
	std::cout << (float) 5/8 << std::endl;
	std::cout << "And a very very big number:\t";
	std::cout << (double) 7000 * 7000 << std::endl;
	std::cout << "Don't forget to replace Jesse Liberty";
	std::cout << "with your name...\n";
	std::cout << "Jesse Liberty is a C++ programmer!\n";
	return 0;
}

**pianorain** · 03-07-2003

Code:

std::cout << writes a new line to the screen.";

should be

Code:

std::cout << "writes a new line to the screen.";

**incognito** · 03-07-2003

Thank you.

**R.Stiltskin** · 03-07-2003

There's nothing wrong with having std::endl inside a string. It's not intended to be executed. It's just there to print as part of the string:
"The manipulator std::endl writes a new line to the screen."

The only error was the omission of the " at the beginning of the 4th cout statement.

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