init - 'does not name type' error in small survey app C++

Question

Trying to run and compile keeps getting . I've just started learning C++.

Is there something else i need to add to make this program run?

error: 'init' does not name a type

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

init main()
{
    int name;
    int number;
    int email;
    int success = "Your information was successfully submitted"
    std::cout << "Please enter your name" << std::endl;
    std::cin >> name;
    std::cout << "Please enter your Phone number" << std::endl;
    std::cin >> number;
    std::cout << "And Finally, enter your email address" << std::endl;
    std::cin >> email;
    std::cout << success << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

@Swordfish Not to mention that an `int` can't be properly initialized with a `const char*` at all. — πάντα ῥεῖ, Nov 24 '18 at 07:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '18 at 06:53

In your code, you have

init main()

this should be

int main()

Since main() is a function (and since this is C++, so it requires a return type), the compiler would check if init is a valid type. It is not. So an error is thrown.

error: 'init' does not name a type

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init - 'does not name type' error in small survey app C++

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