GCC errors, pleas help a linux C++ n00b out

[daniel of sarnia]

Hello all, I've been using Kubuntu for about a year now, and I've just loved it.
However before I made the switch I was learning C++ and python in widows. Python has not giving me any trouble, but I'm getting errors with gcc that I never had using VS 6 or borland compilers. I just started with simple code that was the first program in my c++ book too.

this is the simple hello_world.cc file that's giving me problems


#include <iostream>

int main();
{
std::cout <<"Hello World\n";
return 0;

}


And this is what I get back from gcc.



daniel@lintop:~/programs$ gcc hello_world.cc
hello_world.cc:8:2: warning: no newline at end of file
hello_world.cc:4: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘{’ token


I know this is a really n00bish question but help would really be appreciated, thanks.

[duff]

gcc is the C compiler, g++ is the C++ compiler.

That and loose the semicolon after "int main()"

[daniel of sarnia]

it gives me the same error


daniel@lintop:~/programs$ g++ hello_world.cc
hello_world.cc:8:2: warning: no newline at end of file
hello_world.cc:4: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘{’ token

[duff]

it gives me the same error

you still need to get rid of that semicolon.

[daniel of sarnia]

I did


#include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::cout <<"Hello World\n";
return 0;

}

[daniel of sarnia]

sorry forgot to save.

but I still get this error


daniel@lintop:~/programs$ g++ hello_world.cc
hello_world.cc:8:3: warning: no newline at end of file

[duff]

works for me.

Did you remember to save the file after deleting the semicolon?

[duff]

sorry forgot to save.

but I still get this error

your editor is supposed to add that for you. you can just add a blank line at the end of the file to get rid of that warning.

[daniel of sarnia]

sorry about that, I did not notice it was just a warning. It works now.
But why do I get that warning.(edit: just read above)

Also why is the executable it made called "a.out"

Anyhow thankyou vary much for your time/help with my n00b problem.

[Lster]

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[daniel of sarnia]

cool, thanks guys. I was using Kate to edit my code and after putting in a blank line at the end the warning went away.

Now that I know a bit on how to use g++ I can get onto some real programing.

Again thanks on getting me started progaming in linux. :)