c++ does not recognize "lines". C++ can have the entire program on one line. This is likely one of 3 or 4 things...
- the teacher said this in class, and wants you to parrot something
- the teacher is a moron (this is kind of a joke, but there are TONS of professors who are terrible at coding out there trying to teach something they can't rightly do themselves!)
- the teacher wants a count of the required code statements, with or without end of line statements
-its a trick question