weird error in VC++ 5

In my school, we're learning C++ in VisualC++, but we're not doing the visual aspect, just the console commands and stuff... I have a program I've written to basically tell how much money someone lost or gained in a stock program... When i go to compile, i get this error:

Quote:

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There is no context in which tis conversion is possible

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does anyone know what this means?

I thought I'd attach my current source code :)

Hi,

I think it's because of this:

Code:

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float gained_lost;
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Since you made gained_lost a float, you can only give it a number. Later on down when you do the if statement it checks for a char or string.

When you assign gained_lost a value, just give it a number like 0 or 1; not "0" or "1".

Hope that makes sense.

Let is know.

JazzBass