compiler error in geany C++

[jinx3]

so i am in the process of learning C++ and am reading a book on it, one of the programs it has you make is:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


typedef unsigned short int SMALLNUMBER;


int main()
{
    SMALLNUMBER = 65535;
    cout << "small number:" << SMALLNUMBER << endl;
    SMALLNUMBER++;
    cout << "small number:" << SMALLNUMBER << endl;
    SMALLNUMBER++;
    cout << "small number:" << SMALLNUMBER << endl;
    return 0;
}

the code above is exactly how it appears in the book, but geany is giving me these errors:

g++ -Wall -c "exersize8.cpp" (in directory: /home/neo/Documents/c++/exercises)exersize8.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
exersize8.cpp:9:14: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘=’ token
exersize8.cpp:10:41: error: expected primary-expression before ‘<<’ token
exersize8.cpp:11:13: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘++’ token
exersize8.cpp:12:41: error: expected primary-expression before ‘<<’ token
exersize8.cpp:13:13: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘++’ token
exersize8.cpp:14:41: error: expected primary-expression before ‘<<’ token
Compilation failed.

now i have no idea why these have popped up but some help would be great

[steeldriver]

The typedef defines a type of variable, not an actual variable - think of the word 'SMALLNUMBER' as a synonym for 'unsigned short int'. To define a variable of that type you would then do something like

SMALLNUMBER mynumber = 65535;

just as for any other simple type; and then use it like

cout << "small number: " << mynumber << endl;

and so on

[jinx3]

The typedef defines a type of variable, not an actual variable - think of the word 'SMALLNUMBER' as a synonym for 'unsigned short int'. To define a variable of that type you would then do something like

SMALLNUMBER mynumber = 65535;

just as for any other simple type; and then use it like

cout << "small number: " << mynumber << endl;

and so on

see but the last program had that typed exactly the same way as is here, i double checked it cause it was just added into the book at the point im on as is shown here:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


typedef unsigned short int USHORT;


int main()
	
{
	USHORT Width = 5;
	USHORT Length = 10;
	Length = 10;
	
	USHORT Area = Width * Length;
	
	cout << "width:" << Width <<"\n";
	cout << "length:" << Length << endl;
	cout << "area:" << Area << endl;
		return 0;
}

[Kevin_Arnold]

see but the last program had that typed exactly the same way as is here, i double checked it cause it was just added into the book at the point im on as is shown here:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


typedef unsigned short int USHORT;


int main()
    
{
    USHORT Width = 5;
    USHORT Length = 10;
    Length = 10;
    
    USHORT Area = Width * Length;
    
    cout << "width:" << Width <<"\n";
    cout << "length:" << Length << endl;
    cout << "area:" << Area << endl;
        return 0;
}

These all have the type along with a variable name, like the other poster mentioned. You need 'TYPE Variable = value;'

[jinx3]

well now i see exactly what i did and i feel like an idiot, anyway thanks for the help