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systema · Nov 6th, 2004, 12:00 AM

Quote:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

My first program, using this compiler. got this error:

C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/bits/stl_alloc.h:575: syntax error before `;' token
C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++/bits/stl_alloc.h:575: confused by earlier errors, bailing out

make.exe: *** [main.o] Error 1

Execution terminated

-can anyone help me out please?--

tempest · Nov 6th, 2004, 12:16 AM

These errors are from the compilers prewritten code "stl_alloc.h". Which i am assuming is called by #include <stdlib.h> which you dont need... so just remove it. This should work.

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#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 * *system("PAUSE");
 * *return 0;
}

However a better way to accomplish this, so you can add your own pause message in if you want. Is this...

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#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h> // Adds the getch() function, among other things...

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  // Output our message to the screen
  std::cout << "Please press any key to continue..." << std::endl;

  // Pause program execution until a key is pressed...
  getch();

  // Exit the program
  return 0;
}

Mjordan2nd · Nov 6th, 2004, 12:28 AM

~moved

kurifu · Nov 6th, 2004, 12:51 AM

A syntactical error like this in a distributed header file is not a good thing, is it possible that you installed a corrupted version of the software or that you possibly modified that header file manually by accident?

systema · Nov 6th, 2004, 1:36 PM

Hmm..I'll try reinstall and turning my firewall off. Thanks for your help.

systema · Nov 6th, 2004, 2:00 PM

Works now, thanks for your help

Nov 6th, 2004, 12:16 AM	#2
tempest Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,041 Rep Power: 6	These errors are from the compilers prewritten code "stl_alloc.h". Which i am assuming is called by #include <stdlib.h> which you dont need... so just remove it. This should work. (Toggle Plain Text) #include <iostream> int main(int argc, char argv[]) { system("PAUSE"); return 0; } #include <iostream> int main(int argc, char argv[]) { * system("PAUSE"); return 0; } However a better way to accomplish this, so you can add your own pause message in if you want. Is this... (Toggle Plain Text) #include <iostream> #include <conio.h> // Adds the getch() function, among other things... int main(int argc, char argv[]) { // Output our message to the screen std::cout << "Please press any key to continue..." << std::endl; // Pause program execution until a key is pressed... getch(); // Exit the program return 0; } #include <iostream> #include <conio.h> // Adds the getch() function, among other things... int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // Output our message to the screen std::cout << "Please press any key to continue..." << std::endl; // Pause program execution until a key is pressed... getch(); // Exit the program return 0; } __________________

Nov 6th, 2004, 12:28 AM	#3
Mjordan2nd The Supreme Ruler Join Date: May 2004 Location: Houston Posts: 1,476 Rep Power: 6	~moved __________________ "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Nov 6th, 2004, 12:51 AM	#4
kurifu Expert Programmer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) Posts: 784 Rep Power: 5	A syntactical error like this in a distributed header file is not a good thing, is it possible that you installed a corrupted version of the software or that you possibly modified that header file manually by accident? __________________ Clifford Matthew Roche <geek@cliffordroche.com> Web Hosting: http://www.crd-hosting.com Consulting: http://www.crdev-consulting.com

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Nov 6th, 2004, 1:36 PM	#5
systema Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Hmm..I'll try reinstall and turning my firewall off. Thanks for your help.

Nov 6th, 2004, 2:00 PM	#6
systema Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Works now, thanks for your help

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