[TheBarefoot]

Helo I need a little help , I've downloaded FPC and I tried to write a program in it (the program is from my teacher so i think it must be right) and when I tried to compile it , the 2 errors had occurred:
first .pas (4,6) Fatal : Syntax error ":" expected but ";" found
I don't uderstand this error cause I've been taught that after a line , there comes " ;"
and then the other error:
first .pas (0) Fatal : Compilation aborted
this might be caused by the firts error or?
Here's the program that I've written:
program first;
uses crt;
var A, B, volume: integer;
begin;
clrscr;
write ('type side A');
readln (A);
write ('type side B');
readln (B);
volume:= A*B;
write ('volume is:', volume);
readln;
end.

[NuttyBar]

Take away the semicolon after "begin".

[TheBarefoot]

Thank you, I never thought that semicolon may cause this problem. I'm such a noob

[NuttyBar]

Hah.

I don't even/have never used Pascal, but I just figured that was wrong by researching Pascal syntax.

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by NuttyBar

Hah.

I don't even/have never used Pascal, but I just figured that was wrong by researching Pascal syntax.

I hadn't programmed pascal since the early 90's in college and I couldn't remember if it needed it or not.
So all I did was Google search for "Pascal Hello World" to see a program example. Most problems can be solved if people would just use some common sense and search the Internet.
We didn't quite have the Internet at my college from 1989 to 1993 but we had Books, Teachers and Other Students to reference all the time.

For the original poster, don't expect us to do your home work for you the rest of the year.

[ckphilli]

Originally Posted by Squashman

Most problems can be solved if people would just use some common sense and search the Internet.

[TheBarefoot]

No be sure that I'm not expecting you to do this. and it's not my homework. It's just a program that my teacher gave me to exercise. I just never thought that a semicolon may have cause such a problem. Now we're having a holiday so I don't have a teacher to ask and we don't have books to learn from so sorry for wasting your precious time. Have a nice day.

[NuttyBar]

In programming, a 60,000 line mega-program/game engine and game source code can fail to run because of a semicolon.

One error in programming is enough to wreck the whole program.

But yeah, of course your error is forgiven. Everyone makes mistakes.

But it is something to note that a lot of things(a LOT)can be found through other information on the internet.

Most of the time a lot of questions programmers have can probably be discovered easier and faster by searching online than by posting questions.

But again, it's not your fault.