WHY WONT THIS COMPILE?? HELLPP!!

[28CDSL3A]

// Program Description: Your aunt runs a business selling knives.
// She hires door-to-door salespeople in her
// business and has created a system of pay to
// give the salespeople great incentives for
// excellent performance. Your aunt has asked
// you to write a program that asks the salesperson
// how many knives they sold for the month and
// prints out how much he gets paid for the month.

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{

  int knives_sold = 0;

  printf("How many knives did you sell this month?\n");
  scanf("%d", &knives_sold);


if ( knives_sold<= 100 )
   printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", knives_sold*5);

else(knives_sold>=101 || knives_sold<= 200);
     int earnings=0;
     earnings= (((knives_sold-100)*10)+500);
     printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", earnings);
      
else(knives_sold>200};
     int earnings_2=(2000+((knives_sold-200)*15))
     printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", earnings_2);
     
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

ERROR: SYNTAX ERROR BEFORE ELSE

[Dudester]

First use the code brackets. Second you have some extra semi collins after your else and else-if. Use curly braces "{}"

[28CDSL3A]

could you show me where to put them? I have been working on this for over three hours and cant figure it out

[Incubbus]

code tags?...

// Program Written on: 92/15/2010 ...wtf?^.-...

[28CDSL3A]

should be 02.. don't mind that im just interested in compiling and running the program tonight. Is it ok to have two else statements or should there only be one?

[Incubbus]

don´t get me wrong, but is it sooo hard to use code tags?... im sorry for the wrong linke i posted before ^^ http://cplusplus.com/forum/articles/1295/

[28CDSL3A]

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{

int knives_sold = 0;

printf("How many knives did you sell this month?\n");
scanf("%d", &knives_sold);


if ( knives_sold<= 100 )
printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", knives_sold*5);

else(knives_sold>=101 || knives_sold<= 200);
int earnings=0;
earnings= (((knives_sold-100)*10)+500);
printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", earnings);

else(knives_sold>200};
int earnings_2=(2000+((knives_sold-200)*15))
printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", earnings_2);

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

[Dudester]

Well for your first if it should look something like this:

if ( knives_sold<= 100 )
{
     printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", knives_sold*5);
}

Put curly braces after each of your if's and else's. This will get rid of the problem. Oh and get rid of the semicollins after your ifs and elses

[28CDSL3A]

only after?

[Dudester]

After each if and else you need them yeah. For more information check out this link: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/control/

[28CDSL3A]

i will check it out now :) thank you.
If I erase the second else statement, it compiles and runs fine, but when i add it it just doesn't compile.

[28CDSL3A]

I changed it to this, but still doesn't compile

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{

  int knives_sold = 0;

  printf("How many knives did you sell this month?\n");
  scanf("%d", &knives_sold);


if ( knives_sold<= 100 )
   {
   printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", knives_sold*5);
   }
else if(knives_sold>=101 || knives_sold<= 200)
     {     
     int earnings;
     earnings= (((knives_sold-100)*10)+500);
     printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", earnings);
     } 
else(knives_sold>200)
    {
    int earnings_2=(2000+((knives_sold-200)*15))
    printf("You have earned $%d from this month's sales\n", earnings_2);
    }
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

ERROR: syntax error in line 35 and before printf in line 37

:'( this is so frustrating

[28CDSL3A]

lines 23 and 25

[28CDSL3A]

thank you everybody I figured it out with your help I am extremely THANKFUL :)

[Disch]

Next time don't post your question on 3 different forums