Error C2061: syntax error

[shashahayes]

I am getting an error on this line, does anyone have any suggestions?

here is the error
here is line 25

  if area > 750 then charge = 200
 

1>Furniture.cpp
1>c:\users\jimsha\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\furniture\furniture\furniture.cpp(25 ) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'area'
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\JimSha\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Furniture\Furniture\Debug\BuildLog.h tm"
1>Furniture - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

[Banfa]

That is nothing like C/C++ syntax. C/C++ has no then keyword and uses parenthesis () round the conditional expression.

Look up if in your text book or read this

[shashahayes]

Thank You For your help !