Noob question about an error

Reiyn (12)
Hello, I am writing an app to take in user name and bday, then return zodiac and birthstone..I am attempting to separate it into functions, am using switch, andgetting a "missing ; before switch" error, I can't see it, noone else in class can see where one is missing either. Help!
Here is the error statement:
Compiling...
UserBday.cpp
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Schuth\Desktop\KSchuth Final\Final\UserBday.cpp(8) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'switch'
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Schuth\Desktop\KSchuth Final\Final\UserBday.cpp(9) : error C2447: missing function header (old-style formal list?)
Zodiac.cpp
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Schuth\Desktop\KSchuth Final\Final\Zodiac.cpp(8) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'switch'
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Schuth\Desktop\KSchuth Final\Final\Zodiac.cpp(9) : error C2447: missing function header (old-style formal list?)
Error executing cl.exe.

Final.exe - 4 error(s), 0 warning(s)

and the code main is here:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace::std;


extern void UserBday (int, int, int);
extern void Zodiac (int, int);
extern void main(void);


extern void main()
{
// get user name
	string UName;
		cout<<"Please enter your name: ";
	cin>> UName;
		cout<< "Hello "<< UName << "!\n";



// get user birthdate

	int m, d, y;

	{	
		cout<<"Please enter your birthdate in numerical form: "<<endl;
		cin>> m >> d >> y;
	
		UserBday ( m,d,y );
		Zodiac ( m,d );
	}	
}


One of the functions code:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
 
#include <iostream>
using namespace::std;

void UserBday (int m, int d, int y);



switch(m);
{
	case 1:
		if(m=1) 
		cout<<"You were born on January "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 2:
		if(m=2) 
		cout<<"You were born on February "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 3:
		if(m=3) 
		cout<<"You were born on March "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 4:
		if(m=4) 
		cout<<"You were born on April "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 5:
		if(m=5) 
		cout<<"You were born on May "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 6:
		if(m=6) 
		cout<<"You were born on June "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 7:
		if(m=7) 
		cout<<"You were born on July "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 8:
		if(m=8) 
		cout<<"You were born on August "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 9:
		if(m=9) 
		cout<<"You were born on September "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 10:
		if(m=10) 
		cout<<"You were born on October "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 11:
		if(m=11) 
		cout<<"You were born on November "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl;
		break;
	case 12:
		if(m=12) 
		cout<<"You were born on December "<<d<< " in the year "<<y<<endl<<endl;
		break;
}


Both the Bday and the Zodiac cpp get this same error...

Thanks
jsmith (5804)
Remove the ; on the switch line.

1
2
3
4
 
switch( m )
{ 
   // ....
}
Faldrax (324)
And also remove the ; on the end of
 
 
void UserBday (int m, int d, int y);

I'm assuming here that the switch statemen is the implementation of UserBday.

Reiyn (12)
I implemented both your suggestions, and each resulted in two more errors, lol. The errorx are the same for both the BDAy and Zodiac cpp's...I am so lost!
Reiyn (12)
XD I figured it out, I needed a second set of brackets to include switch in the function, removed the ; you both suggested, and it runs fine
Thanks guys!
..now to get the date to figure out the correct zodiac sign lol, it's going by month right now, which is just unacceptable hehe
Topic archived. No new replies allowed.