no else for corresponding if

[pentiumPunk]

for some reason i thought i could have more if statements than else
statements.

if (!inputFile)
{
cerr<<"file not found";
}

if (something)
{
do operation;
}

else
{
do somethingElse;
}

in g++, i get an error message saying "parse error before else" which
translated to visual c++ means not same amout of elses as if's. i didnt know
that was illegal. was i wrong?

[pentiumPunk]

never mind.......clos ing bracket was { instead of } ........stupid
me.

[Jon Bell]

In article <yC************ *********@twist er.southeast.rr .com>,
pentiumPunk <Br***@triad.rr .com> wrote:

for some reason i thought i could have more if statements than else
statements.

if (!inputFile)
{
cerr<<"file not found";
}

if (something)
{
do operation;
}

else
{
do somethingElse;
}

in g++, i get an error message saying "parse error before else" which
translated to visual c++ means not same amout of elses as if's. i didnt know
that was illegal. was i wrong?

The sort of thing you have above *should* compile as two separate
if-statements, the first one without an else-clause. But that's not
compilable code anyway. Post a short complete example program that
compiles cleanly *except* for the error message that you describe above.

--
Jon Bell <jt*******@pres by.edu> Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA