[liko]

I don't get what i am doing wrong it seems legit but it tells me error. This is the program.

 
//chapter 3 number 5
//create a program that calculates and displays the area of a rectangle given the rectangle's length and width measurements in feet.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	//declare variables
	double lenght	 = 0.0;
	double width	 = 0.0;
	double area		 = 0.0;

	//inpute items
	cout << "Enter lenght: ";
	cin >>	  lenght;
	cout <<	"Enter width: ";
	cin >>	width;

	//Calculate Area
	area = width * lenght

	//Calculate
	cout << "Your area is: " << area << endl;

	return 0;
		// end of main function

}

Help appreciated.

This post has been edited by liko: 24 September 2008 - 12:41 AM

[liko]

I just found the errors thanks for the ones that were gona help.

[RedSonja]

If your prof is a terror he might knock off points for spelling "length" wrong...

[DoubleFission]

Well if you want to get the area of a triangle as the thread name suggests, you might want to try changing the area calculation to

area = width/2 * height;

Else it looks fine to me... apart from said spelling errors