Re: octal error

notahipee wrote:

> This is all of it.

no it isn't

> #include <iostream>
> #include <ostream>
> int main()
> {
>   int a;
>
>      cout << "enter a number " << endl;
>      cin >> a;
>  switch (a)
> {
> case 00: cout << zero;
> case 01: cout << zero one;
> case 02: cout << zero two;
> case 03: cout << zero three;
> case 04: cout << zero four;
> case 05: cout << zero five;
> case 06: cout << zero six;
> case 07: cout << zero seven;
> case 08: cout << zero eight;
> case 09: cout << zero ninne;
> }
>
> return 0;
> }

my compiler gives

C:\bin\nota.cpp(8) : error C2065: 'cout' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(8) : error C2297: '<<' : bad right operand
C:\bin\nota.cpp(8) : error C2065: 'endl' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(9) : error C2065: 'cin' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(13) : error C2065: 'zero' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(14) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'one'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(14) : error C2065: 'one' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(15) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'two'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(15) : error C2065: 'two' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(16) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'three'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(16) : error C2065: 'three' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(17) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'four'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(17) : error C2065: 'four' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(18) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'five'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(18) : error C2065: 'five' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(19) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'six'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(19) : error C2065: 'six' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(20) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'seven'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(20) : error C2065: 'seven' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(21) : error C2041: illegal digit '8' for base '8'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(21) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'eight'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(21) : error C2065: 'eight' : undeclared identifier
C:\bin\nota.cpp(22) : error C2041: illegal digit '9' for base '8'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(22) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before
identifier 'ninne'
C:\bin\nota.cpp(22) : error C2065: 'ninne' : undeclared identifier

you also misssed all the breaks out of your switch statement.

I can't see what "zero one" is supposed to mean in

   case 01: cout << zero one;

wouldn't

   case 01: cout << "zero one";

make more sense?

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Nick Keighley