Help With Learning C++

[Scytheon3]

I need some help with learning C++; basically the problem is that even the simplest programs (like hello world) fail to compile. The code I am using is:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void main()
{
  cout << "Hello World!" << endl;   cout << "Welcome to C++ Programming" << endl; }

And the errors I get from this are:

C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|1|iostream.h: No such file or directory|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|2|error: syntax error before "namespace"|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|2|warning: data definition has no type or storage class|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c||In function `main':|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|5|error: `cout' undeclared (first use in this function)|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|5|error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|5|error: for each function it appears in.)|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|5|error: `endl' undeclared (first use in this function)|
C:\Users\******\Documents\Hello.c|4|warning: return type of 'main' is not `int'|
||=== Build finished: 6 errors, 2 warnings ===|

I got the code from http://www.hitmill.com/programming/cpp/helloWorld.htm but have tried many others and all come up with similar errors. The compiler I am using is Code::Blocks with the GNU GCC Compiler because all the other compilers literally take an hour to compile a hello world program which can't be right but I don't really have a clue what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be apreciated.

[Sparda]

Your main needs to return an int value. (so "int main()" and add a "return 0;" at the end).

Try a different compiler. You could install Visual C++ express if you really want to, but as a much more light weight option install cygwin with the G++ compiler. The current compiler not been able to find iosteam.h is the main problem.

[fsck]

Scytheon3, the problem is that the tutorial you are looking at is wrong. Main should not be declared as void, and doing so on modern compilers that adhere to C++ standards will cause the errors you encountered.

In C++, main should be declared as an int function, not a void function. For reasons why, please read the following articles on C++ standards:

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartf...p;id=1043284376

http://users.aber.ac.uk/auj/voidmain.shtml

For a better (correct) tutorial, check out: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[Mr-Protocol]

Book I learned by was "How to program C/C++ 6th edition" I think they are on 7th now? I also have a book comparable to War and Peace that is called "Mastering C/C++"