error: expected primary-expression before ‘;’ token

Question

First time in a computer science class. First lab assignment. Wrote exactly what the teacher wrote, yet it wont compile, and neither the teacher or I can figure out why. Please help. Thank you.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
int number;
string residence;
//Just an example of a comment
cout << "Hello. Welcome to CSCI-1!" endl;
cout << "Spring 2014" endl;

cout << "please enter a number: " endl;
cin >> number;

cout << "you entered the number: " << number <<endl;

cout<<"Please enter your state of residence: " endl;
cin>>residence;
cout <<"you stated you live in " << residence <<"." <<;
return 0;
}

Errors:

lab01.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:

lab01.cpp:11: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘endl’

lab01.cpp:12: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘endl’

lab01.cpp:14: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘endl’

lab01.cpp:19: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘endl’

lab01.cpp:21: error: expected primary-expression before ‘;’ token

If your teacher can't spot what's wrong here, I'd be really worried. — The Forest And The Trees, Jan 24 '14 at 18:37
Yea, our teacher is a math teacher, and I think it's his first time teaching csci. — user3233139, Jan 24 '14 at 18:41
You should complain to your college for assigning a maths teacher to teach a subject he knows nothing about - just about anyone who has progressed beyond beginner status would instantly be able to interpret those errors. — JBentley, Jan 24 '14 at 18:49

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '14 at 18:32

5

You are missing the << operator before the endl constructs. Change

cout << "Hello. Welcome to CSCI-1!" endl;

To

cout << "Hello. Welcome to CSCI-1!" << endl;

answered Jan 24 '14 at 18:32

JaredPar

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '14 at 18:39

In addition to the missing << before endl (in several lines), you also have an extra one on a line:

cout <<"you stated you live in " << residence <<"." <<;
                                                    ^^ -- extra!

This will cause you to get another compiler error once you fix the first one. It should be:

cout <<"you stated you live in " << residence <<"." << endl;

or

cout <<"you stated you live in " << residence <<".";

error: expected primary-expression before ‘;’ token

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