I guess, there is a better analogy. Nothing comes to you easy; you need to crawl before you walk, walk before you run. Look at it like playing an instrument. You don't just sit down and pick up a complex song in 5 minutes. Something that may help you is to go go look at code that does what you want. Google for like "c++ elseif" and see what pops up. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield http://tds-solutions.net Twitter: sorressean On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:55 AM, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > If you want to give up after the first few syntax errors, go for it. > Otherwise, keep working, your going through what everyone who learns c++ did, > and you'll get it. > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > http://tds-solutions.net > Twitter: sorressean > > On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:52 AM, Jes wrote: > >> Lol thought I'd put a humorous subject in there to try and lift my spirits a >> little bit. I've been working on a project for five days straight, >> sacrificing sleep and other stuff to get the stupid thing done, and I've >> decided that while I like programming, C++ is a bit to complicated for me at >> this point. I am a musician, so after I get this beast of an assignment >> done, I'm divorcing C++ and moving back to music for a bit. Audio editors >> and sequencers all do whatever I tell them too, they don't bitch at me like >> M S Visual Studio or GCC. >> As the average pc user declares, "They, just, work. " >> Grin. I won't be able to make anything more than simple programs, no matter >> how much I like programming. >> >> __________ >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >> > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind