???please help

This is the program I wrote. I cannot figure out what the error is? The compiler says missing function header (old-style formal list). I have no idea what this means.
//Brendan anderson
//sales tax

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ();
{
float total tax;
total tax = $52 * .06;
cout << The total tax on a 52 dollar purschase is <<total tax<< end1;
retturn 0;
}

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Code Tags added by kermi3

2 things:
First of all please use code tags in the future...I added them for you this time, but in the future you do it....people are much more likely to help you if you do.
Info on code tags:

http://www.cprogramming.com/cboard/s...threadid=13473


Second: try adding:

#include <stdlib.h>

to your includes.

include <stdlib.h> did not work. Any other sugestions?

I hope these 2 errors are there by mistake:

1)

float total tax;

Here you declare two variables of type float, one called total, and the other called tax. You will need to rename this to something like totalTax or total_tax.

2)

total tax = $52 * .06;

You can't have a dollar sign here.

...and to add to the list of typos:
>retturn 0;
... is wrong! :)

And you forgot your double quotes around the string, and its endl not end1 - it stands for endline and I removed a ; after main(). The code should look like:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
  float totaltax;
  totaltax = 52 * 0.06;
  cout << "The total tax on a 52 dollar purschase is" <<totaltax<< endl;
  return 0;
}

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nothing code related, but its "purchase" not "purschase".

also, try <iostream.h>. its what i use.

damn i might be getting some competetion

Quote:

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Originally posted by Klinerr1
damn i might be getting some competetion

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... especially if you carry on making posts with only one mistake! :D

Quote:

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Originally posted by bennyandthejets
also, try <iostream.h>. its what i use.

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NO

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int main (); <- There's your problem!
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When you put a semi-colon at the end of any function you get the error message "old-style header".
Since I am assuming that you don't have a header file all you have to do is remove the semi-colon.