Couple of errors in my code

[Jonnyisonfire]

I'm constructing a basic Battleships game, and I keep receiving errors. Here is my code (it's not very long)

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

int main (int nNumberofArgs);
{
    
    int placeAirCarr
    int placeBatt
    int placeDest
    int placeSub
    int placePatrol
    
    cout << "Welcome to Battleships!" << endl;
    
    system ("PAUSE");
    
    cout << "Please enter a value between 1 and 25 to place the Aircraft Carrier" << endl;
    cin >> placeAirCarr
return 0;
}

And the error messages;
8 C:\..main.cpp expected unqualified-id before '{' token
8 C:\..main.cpp expected `,' or `;' before '{' token


I've had a browse online and I've tried using others' advice but it doesn't seem to resolve the problem in my code.

Many thanks

[lnk2019]

By glancing at your code it would seem that you have misplaced a few semicolons ( ; ).

int main (int nNumberofArgs); //<-- delete this semicolon

Only function declarations have semicolons at the end, function definitions do not.

int placeAirCarr //<-- add a semicolon here

cin >> placeAirCarr //<-- add a semicolon here

Additionally after each "statement" (not sure how else to refer to it), requires a semicolon.

The corrected code would look like this:

int main (int nNumberofArgs)    //<-- semicolon removed from here
{
    
    int placeAirCarr;     //<-- semicolon added here
    int placeBatt;        //<-- semicolon added here
    int placeDest;        //<-- semicolon added here
    int placeSub;         //<-- semicolon added here
    int placePatrol;      //<-- semicolon added here
    
    cout << "Welcome to Battleships!" << endl;
    
    system ("PAUSE");
    
    cout << "Please enter a value between 1 and 25 to place the Aircraft Carrier" << endl;
    cin >> placeAirCarr;    //<-- semicolon added here
    return 0;
}

Also I see that you have tried to take in some command line parameters (nNumberofArgs), you might also need the "argv" to actually access the parameters passed to the application:

int main(int nNumberofArgs, char* argv[])

You might benefit from doing some more tutorials before you continue, this site has some really good ones, you can find them here: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

Hope this helps!

[Jonnyisonfire]

Thank you very much for your help :) I see now that the errors don't specify a specific location where a semi-colon should/shouldn't be, just that there has to/doesn't have to be one before a certain point (in my opinion, rather like a person saying that they saw a marathon runner cross the line but not telling you whether it was five minutes or five hours ago!).

ahh I didn't know "argv" was necessary for that, again, thank you :)

Yes I've only been using the tutorials for reference so far...looks like I could do with reading them properly ;P

Kind regards,