Whats wrong?

I have just started with C++ and I am just messing around with defining functions and cannot firgure it out. I am compiling this with VC++6 Introductory Edition, just to let you know.

Code:

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#include <iostream>

int munkey()
{
    std::cout << "Munkey() was just ran\n";
    return 0;
}

int main()
{
    munkey()
    std::cout << "Main() was just ran.";
    return 0;
}

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Originally posted by Munkey01
I have just started with C++ and I am just messing around with defining functions and cannot firgure it out. I am compiling this with VC++6 Introductory Edition, just to let you know.

Code:

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#include <iostream>

int munkey()
{
    std::cout << "Munkey() was just ran\n";
    return 0;
}

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Main() was just ran.";
    return0;
}

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Do you have a question?

What is your desired output?

If you want to display "Munkey() was just ran" (should be run, but we're programmers, who needs grammar :p), then you have to explicitly call the function. The only function that gets called at the start of your program is main.

You'd have to change main to

Code:

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int main()
{
    munkey();
    std::cout << "Main() was just ran.";
    return 0;
}

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in order to get the output you apparently want.

Also note that you missed a space between "return" and "0"

Would adding an << endl; there help? Doesn't endl flush stdout as well as provide a new line?

Yea I noticed that I forgot to call munkey() and that I had left out the space between return and 0. Thats why i edited my post. But what I wanted to know is why do i get errors when i compile this?

Shouldn't really matter here. The problem is that we don't really have a question. What is the desired output?

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Yea I noticed that I forgot to call munkey() and that I had left out the space between return and 0. Thats why i edited my post. But what I wanted to know is why do i get errors when i compile this?

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you need a semicolon after you call the function in main (refer to my previous post).

Edit: Before we go any further, I've got a hunch.

When you created a new project, did you select "win32 console application" or "win32 application."

You want to select "win32 console application"

I want my output to be:

Quote:

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Munkey() was just ran.
Main() was just ran.

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I didn't think you needed a semicolon after you call functions. :confused:

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Originally posted by Polymorphic OOP
Edit: Before we go any further, I've got a hunch.

When you created a new project, did you select "win32 console application" or "win32 application."

You want to select "win32 console application"

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Didn't get the edit in on time, so I'm posting in case you missed it.

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I didn't think you needed a semicolon after you call functions.

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The semicolon isn't needed to call the function, it's to end the expression. Otherwise, when you compile it will think that the next line is a part of the same expression, which it isn't.

Thanks guys. I finally got it working. It was just the semicolon after munkey().