what the hell

--------------------Configuration: SolveForX - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
Error spawning cl.exe

SolveForX.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
Code:
#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
	char num1;
	char num2;
	char total;
	char oper;
	cout<<"what is number1/n";
	cin>> num1;
	cout<<"what is number2/n";
	cin>>num2;
	cout<<"what sign shall i use/n in the middle of the two?";
	cin>>oper
	cout<<"what is the total/n";
	cin>>total;
	cout<<"am i correct in saying that "<<num1<<oper<<num2<<"="<<total<<"?";
	return 0
}