[dgrooman]

I am very new at c++ and need some help
here is the question:
Assume that there are 14000 acres total with 2500 acres uncut and that the reforestation rate is .02. Print a table showing the numbers of acres forested at the end of each year for a total of 20 years.
here is what I have so far:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
//declare variables
int year;
double clear, forested, totalforested, growth;


//calculate the growth conversion


//write the table
cout << "Table showing the the number of acres"
" forested each year over 20 years" << endl
<< "Year \t\t Forested Acres" << endl << endl;

//write the loop
for (year = 1; year <= 20; year++)
{
//clear = 11500;
//forested = 2500;
totalforested = (clear * .02) + forested
(clear * .02) = growth
growth + forested = totalforested
clear - growth = clear
forested = totalforested

cout << year << totalforested << endl;

}

system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}


It is returning an error on line 31: forested cannot be used as a function
and on line 32: expected ';' before "growth"
any help is appreciated
thanks

[dgrooman]

nevermind, i figured it out. somehow

[saddino]

Originally Posted by dgrooman

nevermind, i figured it out. somehow

You forgot to end your line (and a few other lines) with a semicolon, so the compiler interpreted "forested" as a function:

Code:
totalforested = (clear * .02) + forested 
(clear * .02) = growth

was read as:

Code:
totalforested = (clear * .02) + forested(clear * .02) = growth

Since white space isn't important in C/C++, you have to use semicolons to end every statement.