trouble with a simple function

[owenkmc]

So i have some code that is coming up with an error on line 15 saying it needs a ; can some one explain what is going on here?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

double n1;
int n2;
double sum = (n1, n2);
void main()
{
	cin>>n1;
	cin>>n2;
	cout<<"the average is" <<sum<<endl;
}

double sum= (n1, n2)
{
	return ((n1+n2)/2);
}

thank you
the program should cin 2 numbers then use a function to find the average of the 2.

[wildblue]

double sum = (n1, n2);
Function prototype does not use assignment operator =. You just need the types of the parameters it takes, not the actual names.

double sum (double, int);


cout<<"the average is" <<sum<<endl;
Function call - uses () to indicate function call and names of arguments to be sent.

cout<<"the average is " <<sum(n1,n2)<<endl;


double sum= (n1, n2)
Function definition does not use assignment operator =. Include the types of the arguments along with the names.

double sum(double n1, int n2)


Edit - I usually try to avoid using the same name of variable in multiple functions.

[giblit]

Another thing to mention is that the main function returns an int so the return type should be int and not void

[owenkmc]

thank you so much you are amazing!!