A Little Help!?!?

[FunyBunyFartAHH]

Hey people, I need some help, I got a new book, and it tells right off the bat to do this to write out all the ASCII characters:

#include <iostream>

main <void>
{
    unsigned char ASCIIValue = 0;

    while (ASCIIValue < 256)
    
        std::cout.put (ASCIIValue);
        ASCIIValue ++;
    

    return 0;
} 

Ok so why the hell dose it not work, this book is using VC++, and im using the same complier, so could osme one plz tell me ***?

Gives errors do to ";" not being behind < or something.

[kedaman]

int main(void)
instead of
main <void>

[transcendental]

#include <iostream>

int main (void)
{
  unsigned char ASCIIValue = 0;

  while (ASCIIValue <= 255)
  {
    std::cout.put (ASCIIValue);
    ASCIIValue ++;
  }

  return 0;
}

You forgot to put curly brackets for the while loop

Edited: the upper limit of unsigned char is 255

[CornedBee]

If what you first posted is what your book told you to do then throw it away.

[parksie]

Or send it to me so I can televise its ritual destruction, followed by posting the pieces to the publisher.

[CornedBee]

How about ritually destructing the author?

[FunyBunyFartAHH]

lol yeah it was a type from the book..

[FunyBunyFartAHH]

bah I meant typo

[CornedBee]

Bad enough that a c++ book gives main no return type. That's a very bad manner that shouldn't even be started.

[FunyBunyFartAHH]

I know what you mean, it should have been left main ().

[Jop]

No he means the return type, like

int Main (...)

I guess.

[FunyBunyFartAHH]

I know I meant the return type, thats why I said leave it empty instead of putting void main ( ) main (void)

[parksie]

Leave what empty?

The definition is:

int main(int argc, char **argv);

You can miss off argv, or argc AND argv. Since we're talking about C++, a blank argument list () is acceptable. In C, if main did not require arguments, it should be given as:

int main(void);

because in C, a blank argument list means it can take any number, rather than taking none, as in C++.

[kedaman]

it could still have been a typo, because there's return 0;
what does the other examples in the book have?

[CornedBee]

Don't they ever take a look at their books?