Re: Simple C++ review, errors

From:
"osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:39:08 -0500
Message-ID:
<9137paFtm4U1@mid.individual.net>
red floyd wrote:

On Apr 18, 7:50 am, "James" <nos...@please.com> wrote:

I have a couple errors that display when building any sample C++
code I test.
(using Codeblocks)

Sample app:
#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>
void main()
{
clrscr();
int v,u,a,t;
cout << "Enter the velocity, acceleration, time as integers : " <<
endl; cin>>u>>a>>t;
v=u+a*t;
cout << "The final velocity is " << v << "." << endl;
getch();

}

Result:
Process returned 0 (0x0) execution time : 0.000 s
Press any key to continue.

Build Messages/Errors:
C:\Program
Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\include\c++\3.4.5\backward\backward_warning.h|32|warning:
#warning This file includes at least one deprecated or antiquated
header. Please consider using one of the 32 headers found in section
17.4.1.2 of the C++ standard. Examples include substituting the <X>
header for the <X.h> header for C++ includes, or <iostream> instead
of the deprecated header <iostream.h>. To disable this warning use
-Wno-deprecated.|
C:\Documents and Settings\Sid\Desktop\Celsius to
Farenheit.CPP|5|error: `main' must return `int'|
C:\Documents and Settings\Sid\Desktop\Celsius to Farenheit.CPP||In
function `int main(...)':|
C:\Documents and Settings\Sid\Desktop\Celsius to
Farenheit.CPP|6|error: `clrscr' was not declared in this scope|

=== Build finished: 2 errors, 1 warnings ===|


Regardless what I change it won't run properly, not prompting for
"Enter the velocity, acceleration, time as integers : "

Any suggestions appreciated.


The deprecation message is for <iostream.h>. The Standard defines no
such
header, use <iostream> instead. The <conio.h> and getch() is
unnecessary.


Also, a modern compiler uses "namespaces" and cin and cout will have to be
qualified by some means. One way is to add "using namespace std;" as the
first statement after "main".

getch() is a workaround for a problem with some compilers.
cin.get() is a decent replacement for getch(), you may need two of them..
int for type in a problem such as this is probably not a good idea; double
is better.

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