need help with game inC programming for the Absolute beginner

The game is at the end of chapter 5 and it is the Trivia Game. I am using Dev-C++ and I have a problem. When I put in all the code I get an error message at the end of this code.

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#include <stdio.h>

int sportsQuestion(void);
int geographyQuestion(void);
void pause(int);

int giResponse = 0;

main()

{
      do {
         
          system("clear");
          printf("\n\tTHE TRIVIA GAME\n\n");
          printf("1\tSports\n");
          printf("2\tGeography\n");
          printf("3\tQuit\n");
          printf("\n\nEnter your selection: ");
          scanf("%d", &giResponse);
          switch(giResponse) {
                           
                            case 1:
                                 
                                  if (sportsQuestion()==4)
                                    printf("\nCorrect!\n");
                                  else
                                      printf("\nIncorrect\n");
                                     
                                  pause(2);
                                  break;
                                 
                            case 2:
                                 
                                  if (geograhpyQuestion()==2)
                                      printf("\nCorrect!\n");
                                  else
                                      printf("\nIncorrect\n");
                                  pause(2);
                                  break;
                            }
          }
}

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right at the end I get an error message that says "Syntax error before '}' token. Can anyone please help me and tell me what this error code is for? :)

do requires while

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Originally Posted by vart

do requires while

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Now I get a [link error] Undefined reference to 'geographyQuestion'

AKA

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do { ... } while( conditional statement )

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EDIT

Have you defined your functions? That snippet there just declares them...

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Originally Posted by SG57

AKA

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do { ... } while( conditional statement )

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EDIT

Have you defined your functions? That snippet there just declares them...

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thanks for the help but I am new and confused so forget I asked I will re-read the chapter to see what it says then if I still can't figure it out I will come back and post again but for now I am gonna go and continue to read the book. Thank you again. :)

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Originally Posted by SG57

AKA

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do { ... } while( conditional statement )

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EDIT

Have you defined your functions? That snippet there just declares them...

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it tells me to put

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while ( giResponse !=3);

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in and I did but it still comes up with that error message.

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Originally Posted by SG57

Have you defined your functions? That snippet there just declares them...

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I just read what you said and here is the code I have for the defined function.

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int geographyQuestion(void)
{
    int iAnswer = 0;
   
    system("clear");
    printf("\tGeography Question\n");
    printf("\nWhat is the state capital of Florida? ");
    printf("\n\n1\tPensacola\n");
    printf("2\tTallahassee\n");
    printf("3\tJacksonville\n");
    printf("4\tMiami\n");
    printf("\nEnter your selection: ");
    scanf("%d", &iAnswer);
   
    return iAnswer;
}

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that is what I have for the definition.

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if (geograhpyQuestion()==2)

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to

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if (geographyQuestion()==2)

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note the spelling mistake

ssharish2005

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Originally Posted by ssharish2005

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if (geograhpyQuestion()==2)

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to

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if (geographyQuestion()==2)

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note the spelling mistake

ssharish2005

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Thank you sooo.... much, one more thing is it doesn't recognize the clear command how would I fix that? :)

Using win32:

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system("CLS");

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well, system fucntion for clear the system screen is not a good idea. I fact using a system function is itself is not a good idea.

In you case, Clear is not portable, Cos windows dosn;t understand what is Clear command.

On windows -> "cls"
On *nix -> "clear"

And i guess u are using windows so use system("cls");

there is a note on how to clear a screen on FAQ have a go. And at the same instead of pause fucntion u can use getchar() fucntion.

ssharish2005

Since clear didn't work, I assumed he was using windows. ssharish2005 is right, though, this is nonportable and there are alternatives.

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Originally Posted by manutd

Using win32:

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system("CLS");

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Ya, umm I used that code instead of what I had and the whole computer went haywire and I had to unplug the computer so that didn't work, thx for trying to help though.

What OS are you using? Under windows, that code invokes the cls program, clearing the screen.

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Originally Posted by Boyrobber

Ya, umm I used that code instead of what I had and the whole computer went haywire and I had to unplug the computer so that didn't work, thx for trying to help though.

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Wait sorry, I did that but I had it in a console application, thats why it went crazy, However I did it in an empty project and it worked thanks for the help it is working good. Thanks to ya'lls help I now have a pretty good flowing game. :)