I have to include iostream.h to my programs to use classes but
the file has 102 errors. what should I do can any one help me
Iam a begginer user
tnx

What is the exact error message you get?

For DOS or console mode win32? =]

CHollman82: int main( void ) <-- Tidy code only, and here was me thinking you wrote a C++ tutorial... It may be frivolous, but it is tidy.

Let the large irrelivent thread begin :-]

CHollman82: Just because you CAN use goto doesn't mean you should, though. If there's a difference or not, it still doesn't give you the license to be stupid.

:p

Leaving out void there is just economical use of typing time.

Hey CHollman82 -- In your code:

int main()
{
}

You have to return something -- This would work though:

void main()
{
}

And don't use <iostream.h> -- that's the old way, instead do this:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

Are they compiler errors or linker errors? If they're errors while linking, it might be that you're not linking in the right C++ libraries. I had some problem with that in RH Linux a while back. I had to add -lstdc++ to the gcc arguments, which I would have assumed was automatic, but it wasn't.

If they're compilation errors, does your file name have a "cpp" extension and not a "c" extension? In MS VC++, that could be a problem.

- taubz

Yeah you've been spoiled -- If you're going to declare a function as returning something, you should :)

I'd ask why it's garbage, but I don't expect a coherent answer, so I won't =]

CHollam82: He didn't ask!

csspcman: are you using DJGPP? This is a common problem many people had with it. Actually it's not the compiler that's the problem, it's the difference between the way dos and windows handle long filenames. (converting to classic 8.3 names I mean). Dos simply drops everything after the 8th character and after the 3th in the extension. Windows drops everthing after the 6th character and adds a ~1 to it.
The original filename is iostreams.h Dos makes it iostream.h and windows turns it into iostrea~1.h
There is a solution published at their site. You'll have to reinstall it or you can rename all the affected files.

RedX

ummm... you don't need to include iostream in your file to use classes... you need a C++ compiler? that could be the cause if the errors (i though we already went over this :p)

for the djgpp problem, all you need to do is unzip all the djgpp zip files with an unzipper that likes long filenames, like winzip, all else should work fine.

Not to beat a dead horse, but, in current C++, as I understand it, C-style header files have been deprecated. That is why.

Not to beat a dead horse, but, in current C++, as I understand it, C-style header files have been deprecated. That is why.

Another thing I thought about: DJGPP requires to link the stdcxx lib to use those the C++ specific things.

RedX

The <iostream> with out the .h gives you extra functionality that's all -- They got added when the whole concept of "namespaces" was introduced 'bout two years ago -- Eventually, you could run across compatiblity issues AND if you want to use STL (standard template library) you'll have to go the "namespace" way