Fatal syntax error in my pascal program

Question

I have a programming assignment and my teacher gave me this example, however when I try to run it it says

Fatal: Syntax error, ; expected but VAR found on line 14/1.

Is there any way to fix this?

Here is the code:

http://pastebin.com/gp8Q7GaV

Which part of the error message is difficult? The fix is to add the missing semicolon (;). — Tom Brunberg
– Tom Brunberg, Commented Mar 5, 2017 at 14:26

Tom Brunberg · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-06 06:36:22Z

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A breakdown of the error message for beginners in both Pascal and English:

The error message says many things:

`Fatal:` means that the error prevents further processing/running
`Syntax error` means that the code is incorrectly formulated
`; expected` means that the code parser expected to find a semicolon
`but VAR found` instead of the semicolon, the word VAR was found
`on line 14/1` means that the error was detected on line 14 in character position 1

Looking at the code (with line numbers)

11.const
12. vcharge=1000;
13. interrate=0.08
14.var
15. name,ward:string;

it is clear that the missing semicolon should be at the end of line 13 (actually it would be syntactically correct, if placed in the beginning of line 14, before the word 'var', but that is not how we write Pascal).

edited Mar 6, 2017 at 6:36

answered Mar 5, 2017 at 14:59

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Michael Brakutt Over a year ago

But now I am getting on line 26 / 18 sba.pas Fatal: illegal character '}' ($7D)

Tom Brunberg Over a year ago

Yeah, that's a part of programming - searching for mistakes here and there. Now let's see how you apply the knowledge you have got, in solving this problem all on your own (well, if you get totally stuck, you can post a new question, but I would be fairly disappointed).

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