IF...ELSE loop question

[pghsteelers]

Can anyone answer this very lame question that I just can't see why....why does it return the error

"error C2181: illegal else without matching if"

If I remove the cout line for the first expression it will stop giving me the error. So I don't see what is wrong with the line

if (n == 1)
cout << "N is " << n << endl;
return 1;
else
return n;

 

[cpjust]

You need braces to indicate that the if block is more than one statement:

if (n == 1)
{
    cout << "N is " << n << endl;    
    return 1;
}
else
{
    return n;
}

The braces aren't required on the else block since it only has one statement, but it's highly recommended for readability...

 

[pghsteelers]

thank you kindly that explains it.