Hi I was wondering if you could help me with the following errors.

[abrown07]

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{

	double percent,dollars,periods,Future

	Future value of investment = dollars(1+percent)pow(periods)

	printf("Interest rate per period: ");
	scanf("%lf", &percent);

	printf("Present value: ");
	scanf("%lf", &dollars);

	printf("Number of periods: ");
	scanf("%lf", &periods);

	printf("Future value of investment: $%.2f\n",Future);
	return 0;
}

When attempting to compile i get:

abrown05@potter :~/Documents$ gcc -Wall Investment.c
Investment.c: In function ‘main’:
Investment.c:8: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘Future’
Investment.c:19 : error: ‘Future’ undeclared (first use in this function)
Investment.c:19 : error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
Investment.c:19 : error: for each function it appears in.)

[Banfa]

You have 2 errors at line 6 and 8. The errors reported at line 19 are just a knock-on effect of the other errors.

As indicated by the first error message, expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ , means it is missing one of those things and that is exactly the problem no ; at the end of line 6, reported at line 8 because that is the first place it can detect the error.

After you fix that you will start getting errors at line 8 because line 8 in no way conforms to C syntax. It looks more like it should be a comment explaining what the program does since it includes "value of investment" all of which are completely undefined by the program.

I also suggest you look up the function pow() when re-writing that line.

P.S. Please post code in [code]...[/code] tags, it preserves formatting among other things.