From:	Martin Laws <martin DOT laws AT bt DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Newbie question - using || operator
Date:	Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:21:55 +0000
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Has anyone had problems compiling simple programs which use the logical
OR
('||') operator?

The sample program I am trying to compile is the following:

#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
 enum Days { Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday };

 Days DayOff;
 int x;

 cout << "What day do you want off (0-6): ";
 cin >> x;
 DayOff = Days(x);

 if (DayOff == Sunday || DayOff == Saturday)
   cout << "\n You're already off at weekends!\n";
 else
   cout << "\n Okay , It's now in the diary\n";
 return 0;
}

When I try to compile it, gcc comes up with a parse error on the "if"
statement line
"parse error before character 0335".
The program was entered using RHIDE and I have checked to see if the
"||" characters look OK by using DOS EDIT (they seem to look OK ).
These compile errors occur both using the Run command in RHIDE or
compiling using "gxx -o prog.exe prog.cpp" from a DOS command prompt.

Any ideas anyone? I am new to C/C++ and so am trying to work through
some simple tutorials.

Any help would be appreciated.

Martin

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