if-else Statement giving errors

[Speaker]

I am receiving a few errors when I try to run my program and I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I'm coding in C++ with minGW on Vista SP1.

Here is my code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const float stanCatA = 3.00;
const float stanCatB = 1.45;
const float stanDestination = 2.50;

int main()
{
	int shipMeth;
	int itemAmount;
	int itemWeight;
	char cat, A, B, destination, y, n;
	
	cout << "Author: Dax Allen"
		 << "\nProject 03"
		 << "\nSection 002"
		 << "\n***************************" << endl;
	
	cout << "\nPlease tell me what shipping method you want: "
		 << "\nEnter 1 - for Standard Shipping."
		 << "\nEnter 2 - for Express Shipping."
		 << "\nEnter 3 - for Same Day Shipping."
		 << "\nType your choice (1, 2, or 3): ";
	cin >> shipMeth;
	
	cout << "\n";
	if ( shipMeth == 1 )
	{
		
		
		cout << "\nThank you."
			 << "\nIs this shipment in category A or category B?"
			 << "\nType your choice (A or B): ";
		cin >> cat;
		
		if( cat == A )
		{
			cout << "\n";
	
			cout << "\nThank you."
				 << "\nHow many items are in this shipment? ";
			cin >> itemAmount;
	
			cout << "\n";
		
			cout << "\nThank you."
				 << "\nIs this shipment going to Alaska or Hawaii (y or n)? ";
			cin >> destination;
			
			if( destination == y )	
			{
				cout << "\n";
		
				cout << "\nThank you ... calculating shipping costs...";
				
				float stanCatADestYesTotal = itemAmount * stanCatA + stanDestination;
				
				cout << "\nStandard Shipping"
					 << "\n" << itemAmount << " Items"
					 << "\nSurcharge $" << stanDestination
					 << "\nTotal Shipping Cost: $" << stanCatADestYesTotal << endl;
			}
			else( destination == n )	
	               {
				cout << "\n";
		
				cout << "\nThank you ... calculating shipping costs...";
				
				float stanCatADestNoTotal = itemAmount * stanCatA;
				
				cout << "\nStandard Shipping"
					 << "\n" << itemAmount << " Items"
					 << "\nTotal Shipping Cost: $" << stanCatADestNoTotal << endl;
			}
                }
		else ( cat == B )
               {
			cout << "\n";
	
			cout << "\nThank you."
				 << "\nHow much does this shipment weigh? ";
			cin >> itemWeight;
	
			cout << "\n";
		
			cout << "\nThank you."
				 << "\nIs this shipment going to Alaska or Hawaii (y or n)? ";
			cin >> destination;
			
			if( destination == y )	
			{
				cout << "\n";
		
				cout << "\nThank you ... calculating shipping costs...";
				
				float stanCatBDestYesTotal = itemWeight * stanCatB + stanDestination;
				
				cout << "\nStandard Shipping"
					 << "\n" << itemWeight << " lbs"
					 << "nSurcharge $" << stanDestination
					 << "\nTotal Shipping Cost: $" << stanCatBDestYesTotal << endl;
			}
		        else ( destination == n )
                       {
				cout << "\n";
		
				cout << "\nThank you ... calculating shipping costs...";
				
				float stanCatBDestNoTotal = itemWeight * stanCatB;
				
				cout << "\nStandard Shipping"
					 << "\n" << itemWeight << " lbs"
					 << "\nTotal Shipping Cost: $" <<                               stanCatBDestNoTotal << endl;
			}
		}
        }
	system("PAUSE");
	return 0;
}

When I try and run that code I get the following errors and warnings:

error: Expected ' ; ' before ' { ' token on line 65
warning: statement has no effect on line 76
error: expected ' ; ' before ' { ' token on line 78
warning: statement has no effect on line 117

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong

[boxfish]

On lines like

else( destination == n )

you should instead have:
else if( destination == n )
You can only use use else without any condition.


And also,

char cat, A, B, destination, y, n;

don't declare all the letters you're using.
instead, just declare the variables you need,
char cat, destination;
and use constant chars by putting them in single quotes:
else if( destination == 'n' )

Hope this helps.

[Speaker]

Thank you very much that fixed the issue.