Visual c++ can't open include file 'iostream'

Question

I am new to c++. I just started! I tried a code on visual c++ 2010 Express version but i got the following code error message.

 ------ Build started: Project: abc, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------   ugo.cpp c:\users\castle\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\abc\abc\ugo.cpp(3): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'iostream': No such file or directory ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== 

This is the code

// first.cpp -- displays a message   #include <iostream>   // a PREPROCESSOR directive  int main(void)        // function header {             // start of a function body   using namespace std;   cout << "Come up and C++ me sometime.\n";  // message   // start a new line   cout << "Here is the total: 1000.00\n";   cout << "Here we go!\n";   return 0; } 

Answer 1

Replace

#include <iostream.h> 

with

using namespace std;  #include <iostream> 

Answer 2

Some things that you should check:

• Check the include folder in your version of VS (in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio xx.x\VC\include" check for the file which you are including, iostream, make sure it's there).

• Check your projects Include Directories in <Project Name> > Properties > Configuration Properties > VC++ Directories > Include Directories - (it should look like this: $(VCInstallDir)include;$(VCInstallDir)atlmfc\include;$(WindowsSdkDir)include;$(FrameworkSDKDir)\include;)

• Make sure that you selected the correct project for this code (File > New > Project > Visual C++ > Win32 Console Application)

• Make sure that you don't have <iostream.h> anywhere in your code files, VS doesn't support that (in the same project, check your other code files, .cpp and .h files for <iostream.h> and remove it).

• Make sure that you don't have more than one main() function in your project code files (in the same project, check your other code files, .cpp and .h files for the main() function and remove it or replace it with another name).

Some things you could try building with:

• Exclude using namespace std; from your main() function and put it after the include directive.
• Use std::cout without using namespace std;.