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Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:40:47 -0600
From:	Jonathon Merz <jmerz42 AT earthlink DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: newbie seeking help
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Jessica Wang wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm very new at programming.  I'm trying to compile a C++
> program using Cygwin g++ on Windows NT.  The program is:
> 
> #include <iostream.h>
> int main()
> {
>  cout <( "Hello World" << endl;
>  return 0;
> }
> 
> 
> I'm getting the following error:
> 
> 
> $ g++ hello.C -o hello
> hello.C: In function `int main()':
> hello.C:20: invalid operands `const char[12]' and `ostream & ()(ostream 
> &)' to binary `operator <<'
> hello.C:20: parse error before `;'
> 

Looks like just a typo:

change
cout <( "Hello World" << endl;
to:
cout << "Hello World" << endl;
       ^
       |


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