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If/Else statement; Expected Expression Error

Jweim (28)
I'm trying to compile this simple program in Xcode, however, it keeps giving me an error saying expected expression. I thought I had my brackets in the correct place, but cannot find where I'm wrong

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cout<<"Please enter if you're 'Male' or 'Female': "<<endl;
    cin>>gender;
    
    cout<<"Please enter your activity level as either 'Active' or 'Inactive': "<<endl;
    cin>>activityLevel;
    
    if (gender == "Female")
    {
        
        if (activityLevel == "Active")
            
        daiyCalories = weight * 12;
        {
        cout<<"You are "<<gender<<endl;
        cout<<"Your activity level is "<<activityLevel<<endl;
        cout<<"Your recommended daily calories is "<<daiyCalories<<endl;
        }
    
        else (activityLevel == "Inactive")
        
        daiyCalories = weight * 10;
        {
        cout<<"You are "<<gender<<endl;
        cout<<"Your activity level is "<<activityLevel<<endl;
        cout<<"Your recommended daily calories is "<<daiyCalories<<endl;
        }
    }
    
    if (gender == "Male")
    {
        if (activityLevel == "Active")
        
        daiyCalories = weight * 15;
        {
        cout<<"You are "<<gender<<endl;
        cout<<"Your activity level is "<<activityLevel<<endl;
        cout<<"Your recommended dailty calories is "<<daiyCalories<<endl;
        }
    
        else (activityLevel == "Inactive")
            
        daiyCalories = weight * 13;
        {
        cout<<"You are "<<gender<<endl;
        cout<<"Your activity level is "<<activityLevel<<endl;
        cout<<"Your recommended daily calories is "<<daiyCalories<<endl;
        }
        
    }
return 0;
}


Thanks for any help!
Jweim (28)
PS it's saying expected expression on each of the else statments
MikeyBoy (5631)
You can't put a condition after an "else" statement. Did you mean those to be "else if" statements?
Jweim (28)
I tried changing the "else" statements to "else/if", but it still gives the same results
tipaye (535)
Your if and else statements aren't connected.

For example, lines 10-12 is an if statement, and ends there. Then you have a block of regular code from 13-17 and else without an if on line 19. The pattern is repeated from line 31 downwards.

Also, as mentioned by MikeyBoy you need an else if, as shown below. Don't know if this is what you want to do or not, but formatting like this should help:

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if (gender == "Female")
    {
        if (activityLevel == "Active")
        {
        daiyCalories = weight * 12;
        cout<<"You are "<<gender<<endl;
        cout<<"Your activity level is "<<activityLevel<<endl;
        cout<<"Your recommended daily calories is "<<daiyCalories<<endl;
        }
        else if (activityLevel == "Inactive")
        {
        daiyCalories = weight * 10;
        cout<<"You are "<<gender<<endl;
        cout<<"Your activity level is "<<activityLevel<<endl;
        cout<<"Your recommended daily calories is "<<daiyCalories<<endl;
        }
    }
Jweim (28)
@tipaye, that worked perfectly! thank you!
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