VCPP hates me!!

[Skitchen8]

what the hell

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

SolveForX.exe - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

#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
}

[filburt1]

No semicolon: cin>>oper

[filburt1]

And none here: return 0 you ol' VB programmer

[Skitchen8]

ok, still don't think thats giving me that error though...it doesn't even attempt to compile the code.

[Skitchen8]

nope, that didn't do a thing... anyone care to compile it and see if it works for them?? (it doesn't do anything but accept the input as of yet.)

[Megatron]

It works for me.

But your escape character is wrong. Use a backslash instead of a forward slash.

[Zaei]

cl.exe is the compiler. If msdev is having trouble finding it, it means it's probably not there, or in the wrong place. I would re-install VC++.

Z.

[Skitchen8]

hm... its giving me errors in borland too (but its prolly cuz i've never used borland befor so im prolly screwing something up). I think ill try re-installing VC++ and seeing if that fixes it.

[Skitchen8]

yeah, thx zaei... i posted that id try re-installing right after you posted so i didn't see your post. It is where its supposed to be, i checked... i think it just don't like me. Well ill be back soon i gotta re-start and re-install.

[Skitchen8]

god damned piece of sh*t still won't work, i restarted, re-intalled, and still got the error!!!!!!!!!!

[[praetorian]]

strange, it worked perfectly well for me too. Can't or shouldn't be the code, are you sure that you've installed everything correct? maybe something screwed up during installation.......?

[MoMad]

#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
    int num1;
    int num2;
    int 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;
} 

That worked for me Also, whenever you use cin, make sure to use cin.ignore() after that so you dont have any cariage return (\n or \r) on your cin buffer.

[Skitchen8]

i got it almost working, i had to change the environmental settings because of a previous un-finished un-install.