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[muhammad92]

i want to ask, why in following code, an error "line 5 : `main' must return `int'" ..?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void main()
{
	int x[]={4,2,8,9,3,12,5,0,14,1};

	int count=0, largest=0;
	while (count !=0)
		{
		  if (x[count]>largest)
			{
				largest=x[count];
				count=count+1;
			}
		}
	cout<<largest;

system("PAUSE");
}

[firedraco]

Because

`main' must return `int'

[muhammad92]

so, main() can only use "int"?

[firedraco]

That's correct.

[Raezzor]

Some compilers allow the return type of main to be void, but it's not Standard C++.