So i recently started programming (C language), and by recently i mean VERY recently. I decided to download Dev-C++ after trying, and failing, to set-up many other C compilers. Well i got it, and i've been reading a book so i decided to copy down another program from it [ already did printf() ] to try it again. Well after finishing it and compiling it, i got the infamous "multiple definitions of 'main'" error.
Specifically:
multiple definitions of 'main'
first defined here
Id returned 1 exit status

And heres it is... I know it's cheesy...
****start program****



#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int age;
float weight;
char first[15], last [15];

printf("\nWhat is your first name? ");
scanf(" %s", first);
printf("What is your last name? ");
scanf(" %s", last);

printf("How old are you? ");
scanf(" %d", &age);
printf("How much do you weigh? ");
scanf(" %f", &weight);

printf("\nHere is your information:\n");
printf("Name: %s %s\n", first, last);
printf("Weight: %f\n", weight);
printf("Age: %d\n", age);

return 0;
}



****end program****

So... Yup... Any help would be appreciated.

Do yourself a favour and download Visual C++ 2010 Express instead, it is free and is probably the best C++ IDE available for Windows.

Yes, I highly doing recommend this. If for some reason you don't want to, at least get Code Blocks.

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Do yourself a favour and download Visual C++ 2010 Express instead, it is free and is probably the best C++ IDE available for Windows.

Yes, I highly doing recommend this. If for some reason you don't want to, at least get Code Blocks.
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Agreed, -or if you find setting up the environment all confusing (so did I when I first started with C++),
just get MingW containing the gcc compilers for windows, and compile from cmd instead.
Of course, you'll be missing out on all the other great features of an IDE, but it will be just you and the concept of learning a language. ;-)

It's very simple: http://www.cs.bu.edu...3/Usingg++.html

Well i guess it's agreed that Dev-C++ sucks... alright then...

So i downloaded visual-c++ 2010 and i can't figure out how to compile and run Help please.

Press F5.

In Visual Studio, you first need to create a project. Go File -> New -> Project, find and choose Win32 Console Application, choose all of the defaults. It'll create a bunch of files for you, including a <projectname>.cpp. Open that one and write your code in there.

By default, it will also create a precompiled header (stdafx.h and cpp) for you. You can ignore it if you wish, but eventually if your project becomes large, you can put commnly used #includes inside the stdafx.h file which can drastically speed up compile times.

Once you have a project created, the Debug menu will have items like "start debugging" and other useful stuff.

You're free to customize your hotkeys in Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard.