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D-Ferg27 · Oct 27th, 2005, 7:47 PM

why is it that most tutorials don't put the right code in. Im using dev-C++ and practically all code that is written in a turorial doesn't work for me for instance this.

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// Sample program
// IEA September 1995
// Reads values for the length and width of a rectangle
// and returns the perimeter and area of the rectangle.

#include <iostream.h>

void main()
{
  int length, width;
  int perimeter, area;              // declarations
  cout <<  "Length = ";             // prompt user
  cin >> length;                    // enter length
  cout << "Width = ";               // prompt user
  cin >> width;                     // input width
  perimeter = 2*(length+width);     // compute perimeter
  area = length*width;              // compute area
  cout << endl
       << "Perimeter is " << perimeter;
  cout << endl
       << "Area is " << area
       << endl;                    // output results
} // end of main program

and i got it from this part of a tutorial this site

im actually starting to think that devC++ is not a standard compiler and thats why most code that i get from tutorials dont work. Is this true. Is there a better compiler?

Oct 27th, 2005, 7:47 PM	#30
D-Ferg27 Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 49 Rep Power: 0	why is it that most tutorials don't put the right code in. Im using dev-C++ and practically all code that is written in a turorial doesn't work for me for instance this. (Toggle Plain Text) // Sample program // IEA September 1995 // Reads values for the length and width of a rectangle // and returns the perimeter and area of the rectangle. #include <iostream.h> void main() { int length, width; int perimeter, area; // declarations cout << "Length = "; // prompt user cin >> length; // enter length cout << "Width = "; // prompt user cin >> width; // input width perimeter = 2(length+width); // compute perimeter area = lengthwidth; // compute area cout << endl << "Perimeter is " << perimeter; cout << endl << "Area is " << area << endl; // output results } // end of main program // Sample program // IEA September 1995 // Reads values for the length and width of a rectangle // and returns the perimeter and area of the rectangle. #include <iostream.h> void main() { int length, width; int perimeter, area; // declarations cout << "Length = "; // prompt user cin >> length; // enter length cout << "Width = "; // prompt user cin >> width; // input width perimeter = 2(length+width); // compute perimeter area = lengthwidth; // compute area cout << endl << "Perimeter is " << perimeter; cout << endl << "Area is " << area << endl; // output results } // end of main program and i got it from this part of a tutorial this site im actually starting to think that devC++ is not a standard compiler and thats why most code that i get from tutorials dont work. Is this true. Is there a better compiler? Last edited by D-Ferg27; Oct 27th, 2005 at 8:03 PM.