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My professor gave me a code with no errors.
When I compile it's fine, it doesn't show any errors, but when I try to execute it shows this:

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line 3: syntax error near unexpected token '('
line 3: 'int main()'

I searched through the Internet but I couldn't find any solution. Please!!!
Someone suggested to try with another computer, but I don't have any other computer I can try to execute the program with.

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What is the name of your C++ source file? What command did you use to compile the source code to your C++ program?

If your source file is named program.cpp and you compiled it using the command:

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make program

that would create an executable file named program and you would execute it with the command:

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program

or, depending on how your PATH environment variable is set:

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./program

If you built it with something like:

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gcc program.cpp

that would create executable file named a.out and you would execute it with one of:

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a.out

or:

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./a.out

From the error message you provided it looks like you tried to execute the source file (program.cpp) instead of the compiled object file (program or a.out).

Hope this helps.