ID Number: Q58559
3.00 4.00 5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a 7.00 | 5.10 6.00 6.00a
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary:
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft C versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0ax, and C/C++ version
7.0, compiler error C2144 is defined as follows:
syntax error : missing 'token' before type 'type'
CAUSE
You may receive this error message if your program places
executable code before a data declaration, an acceptable practice
in Kernighan-and-Ritchie C. This practice has been outlawed in later
versions of the ANSI drafts.
This error message will normally occur if a required closing curly
brace (}), right parenthesis [)], or semicolon (;) is missing.
RESOLUTION
Placing all data declarations before all executable code corrects
the programming error.
More Information:
The following code demonstrates this error message:
/* Program : file.c */
#include <stdio.h>
void main(void)
{
int i;
printf("Beetlejuice\n");
int j;
}
Compiling this code with Microsoft C version 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0,
6.0a, 6.0ax, or C/C++ version 7.0 or QuickC version 1.0, 1.01, 2.0, or
2.01 will return the following error message:
file.c
file.c(7) : error C2144: syntax error : missing ';' before
type 'int'
Additional reference words: 5.10 6.00 6.00a 6.00ax 7.00