If statement syntax error for beginner

Question

I'm teaching myself C++ and was writing some code to calculate grade averages with arrays. Everything works except for when I try to display the results. I get the error "expected primary-expression before '<' token" on this line of code.

    if(grade1 >= 0 && < 60)

followed by a single cout statement and a semi-colon. I looked in the book I am using and on c++ forums. My book looks just like my example and online everyone was missing a semi-colon or something else. Is that my case too?

Thanks!

I suggest you pick up a [good book covering C++](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list). — Captain Obvlious, Jun 14 '17 at 21:32
Change `if(grade1 >= 0 && < 60)` to `if(grade1 >= 0 && grade1 < 60)` — drescherjm, Jun 14 '17 at 21:32
" My book looks just like my example" - I'm prepared to bet it does not - what book is it? — , Jun 14 '17 at 21:49
@NeilButterworth After reading the examples the book was not what I had, I was just blinded by my firm knowledge that I was right and that the compiler was wrong. — Ben Kallas, Jun 15 '17 at 03:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '17 at 21:33

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You need to include 'grade1' on both comparisons.

if (grade1 >= 0 && grade1 < 60)

answered Jun 14 '17 at 21:33

S. Vaughn

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '17 at 21:33

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What you want is this:

if(grade1 >= 0 && grade1 < 60)

You need to provide a variable for each condition in your if statement. The grade1 variable will not carry over for other comparisons.

answered Jun 14 '17 at 21:33

Tony

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 14 '17 at 23:24

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You must write like this

if (grade1 >= 60 && grade1 < 60){ //code here   }

answered Jun 14 '17 at 23:24

Kattie.S

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If statement syntax error for beginner

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