Using Borland C++ builder 5

hi. well, i'm an absolutely newbie in c++. i'm just about to learn it. now i want to practice it. the problem is, the institute (NIIT) teaches me using linux, and i use windows. i'm currently downloading 'cygwin' to somehow simulate the experience but in the meantime, how would i compile programs using borland. whenever i try to compile it, it gives me errors. i honestly don't know what is wrong. here is one simple code i'm trying to compile in borland:

Code:

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#include<iostream>
void main()
{
  cout<<"Wassup!";
};

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Now i'm running into two problems. first, when i use the 'run' command, it gives me this error:[C++ Error] File1.cpp(4): E2451 Undefined symbol 'cout'. Secondly, i want the program to show the output, in this case it would be 'wassup.' So how do i do that. i'm sorry if this has been asked before but this is my first time and i have no idea what i'm doing wrong or how to fix or debug it. thanks for any help.. and i'm sure i'll be asking more questions as i become better in code. hehe ;)

Code:

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#include<iostream>
int main()
{
    std::cout<<"Wassup!";
    return 0;
}

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Or do this:

Code:

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#include<iostream>
using std::cout;

int main()
{
    cout<<"Wassup!";
    return 0;
}

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Or if you don't want to explicitly qualify everything you can just put using namespace std; underneath the #include line.

Code:

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#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    cout<<"Wassup!";
    return 0;
}

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Here we go..

Code:

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#include <iostream>

int main(void)//main should never be void it should always return an int
{
  std::cout<<"Wassup!";//need to add the std:: in front of cout
  std::cin.get();//This will answer your next question on why it opens and closes
  return 0;//as I said main needs to return an int
}

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And thats it welcome to the boards and c++ :)

ok thanks. that helped. and how would i get the compiler to show the output Wassup!.

ok but why shouldn't we use 'void'?

You could run the .exe :)

Because its not part of the standard. There is some systems where it is necesarry but if you don't know if your using one then use int main()(I read the last part somewhere probably prelude :) )

oh ok. all right, i'll use int from now on. ;) hehe. and uh.. ok i guess this is a dumb question, the file extension is .cpp and it's in project1.exe. so do i just run project1.exe to show the output or what? sorry this may seems like a stupid question.

Yep you should just run the exe file to see the output

ok lol. sorry but i can't seem to get the output to run. when i click on file>new.. (by the way, the c++ file is all ready saved on my desktop), what do i select? application, batch file, cpp file?? and i have added this file to a previous project but when i try to run it, nothing comes up. :(