Parse errors

Hi guys,
I have been working from the book "C++ without fear" for a couple of weeks, and when i wrote this program from the book:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>

using namespace std;

int rand_0toN1(int n);

int main()  {
  int n, i;
  int r;


  srand(time(NULL));

  cout << "Enter number of dice to roll: ";
  cin >> n;
  for (i = 1; i<=n; i++)  {
      r = rand_0toN1(6) + 1;
      cout << r << " ";
   
  }
  return 0;
}

int rand_0toN1(int n)  {
  return rand() %n;
}

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I was told by the compiler that there was a

"Parse error before '<' "

On the line saying:

Code:

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cout << "Enter a number of dice to roll: ";

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This seemed to be completely random as whatever I did to the code it still wouldn't work, but when I wrote another code that was EXACTLY the same it worked perfectly.

Please help, and I'm still a bit of a newbie, so please don't throw too much jargon at me!

Many thanks in advance
NWNN

I do not see what could be causing the problem, and testing with the MinGW port of GCC does not show any such error.

why would the error happen generally?

hmm i cant see anything (works fine with minGW and dev C++ IDE).
What compiler are you using?
I am also working with that book btw.

The only thing I can think of is if your compiler is compiling an
out of date version of the file somehow (this nornally only
happens in a multi file project). The compiler should have some
form of a Clean or Rebuild All command - try using it and it
may fix the issue. parse errors generally refer to syntax errors
such as a missing semicolon

I'm using Dev C++, but i just switched to visual basic so i'm gonna use that now. Thanks very much!