C++ Basic calculator

[obsidian copper]

im trying to make a calculator and my "else" statement isnt working

[young mason]

ok

[obsidian copper]

can i not paste my code in here?

it wont let me

[young mason]

wdym

[young mason]

huh

can you paste it as a file?

[obsidian copper]

ok

[slow marsh]

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[obsidian copper]

there

[young mason]

alright

[obsidian copper]

my issue is right here with my else

every time i try build it says i need a ; at the end of the else(option == 2)

like this

i thought u didnt need a ; at the end and only the {}

[young mason]

yeah you shouldn't need a semicolon there

one minute

[obsidian copper]

yea ik idk why its telling me to

ok

[young mason]

ohh

i missed it too

it's supposed to be else if

that fixes it

[obsidian copper]

oh

why's that?

i thought u do a else after a if statement

[young mason]

yeah but else isn't a conditional like if

it may help to visualize it like ```cpp
if (/* ... /) {
// something
} else {
if (/ ... */) {
// something else
}
}

[obsidian copper]

ooooh

i thought it needed a condition like if

ok ty for the help

[young mason]

there aren't enough c++ posts here

[obsidian copper]

lol

[obsidian copper]

hey btw is there a way to add multiple characters to char?

ik its only one but i was told u could do more?

like i need to do 2 "-" but char is only one character so

[young mason]

yeah you can't

[obsidian copper]

oh

[young mason]

must be a string, and you can't switch with those :(

[obsidian copper]

i tried to use a string but it didnt work

yea

[young mason]

if else ig

[obsidian flower]

C++ Basic calculator