Damn! I need help!!

[infinitymode12t22]

OK, so, I'm a beginner in C++ programming and while I was just testing myself, I decided to create a simple program that when I enter the number "3000", it will say "Yeah right!" and when I enter another number (any number but "3000"), it will say "What the heck?". So I came up with this:


#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int Number;
cout<<"Please enter a number: ";
cin>> Number;
cin.ignore();
if (Number == 3000);
cout<<"Yeah right!\n";
else;
cout<<"What the heck?\n";
cin.get();
}


But, when I try to build it, it keeps on saying ""Else" without a Previous "If". What the heck should I do now? It's driving me NUTS!! And btw, I'm using Code::Blocks.

[Moschops]

if (Number == 3000);

See that semi-colon at the end there? That' the END of what the if statement will execute if the condition is true. Similar with your else. Try this instead:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int Number;
cout<<"Please enter a number: ";
cin>> Number;
cin.ignore();
if (Number == 3000)
{
cout<<"Yeah right!";
}
else
{
cout<<"What the heck?";
}
cin.get();

return 0;
}

[cnoeval]

Check this out and look at how the semi-colons are used (or NOT used) to separate the statements: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/control/

[ciphermagi]

First, [ code ] and [ /code ] work wonders.

Don't put a ; after else. Also, you don't need cin.ignore(); It makes the compiler um...ignore...what the user enters.

[Ryan Wilson]

Well you do not use ";" before your if statement body function.

So for example this :

if (Number == 3000);
cout<<"Yeah right!";
else;
cout<<"What the heck?";

Should be something like this :

if (Number == 3000) {
    cout<<"Yeah right!";
} else {
    cout<<"What the heck?";
}

or this :

if (Number == 3000)
    cout<<"Yeah right!";
else
    cout<<"What the heck?";

Also spacing wouldn't hurt your code and would make it more readable.

For example this :

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int Number;
cout<<"Please enter a number: ";
cin>> Number;
cin.ignore();
if (Number == 3000);
cout<<"Yeah right!";
else;
cout<<"What the heck?";
cin.get();
}

into this :

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int Number;

    cout << "Please enter a number: ";
    cin >> Number;
    cin.ignore();

    if (Number == 3000) {
        cout << "Yeah right!";
    } else {
        cout << "What the heck?";
        cin.get();
    }
}

also why are you using cin.get() and cin.ignore() for this?

But the main reason you were getting that error is because you had a ";" at the beginning of your if statements body and after the else.

[infinitymode12t22]

Thanks, Moschops. It worked!