Very simple question

Hello everyone, I'm new to this board and new to C++ but I have a question about a program I've run into in Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days. I've written it correctly and when I tried to compile it I got errors (I'm not supposed to get any with this piece) and since I'm new to this, I can't exactly figure out what the problem is. Here it is, tell me what you think:

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
        int x = 5;
        int y = 7;
        cout "\n";
        cout << x + y << " " << x * y;
        cout "\n";
       
        return 0;
}

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Simplicity at it's best :) But I figured it's worth a try...these are the errors I get:
Line 7: error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'string'
Line 9: error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'string'

Thanks

PS - Sorry to those of you that see this as a waste of your time.

For single characters you use ' ' to enclose them, not " ", ie cout << '\n';.

add "<<" after cout:

Code:

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cout<<"\n";
cout<<endl;
cout<<"\\n creates a new line, while endl creates a new line and flushes the output buffer";

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Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
        int x = 5;
        int y = 7;
        cout "\n";
        cout << x + y << " " << x * y;
        cout "\n";
       
        return 0;
}

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Your problem is you don't have the '<<' operator (I don't remember the name offhand) on line 7. It should be this:

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
        int x = 5;
        int y = 7;
        cout << "\n";
        cout << x + y << " " << x * y;
        cout "\n";
       
        return 0;
}

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Brendan

:) Ah I was beaten to it.

Brendan

Awesome, thanks all. Turns out I needed the << at the beginning...good to know :)

Quote:

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Originally posted by harryP

Your problem is you don't have the '<<' operator (I don't remember the name offhand) on line 7. It should be this:

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The << is called the "insertion operator" as it inserts the data on the right into the stream on the left. Very helpful to remember it that way too as it reminds you that cout is a stream object and you can do all the nifty things with it that you can do with streams. Hope this helps. :)

-jEssYcAt