Unable to detect what line is causing a syntax error - c++

Question

Howdy! I'm working on an old project from one of my programming courses and having some issues tracking down which line in my code is causing a syntax error.
When I attempt to compile the code, Visual Studio tells me that there is a syntax error towards the end of main on the line containing this function call:
sortData(carray, numRec, sortby);
I dont think that's the case, because commenting out that call only moves the error to the next line of code.
I can't tell what is causing the error and am hoping a veteran eye could help.
I've include all of the code as I suspect the error is being caused in one of the function calls.
ohbijuan
P.S. Also - Does anyone know if the compiler compiles top to bottom or whether it actually follows function calls during the compile process?
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
//customer struct
struct customer
{
int id;
string fname, lname;
double totalQuantity, totalPurchases, totalProfit;
};
//Error Codes
const int INPUT_FILE_FAIL_NO_CONTINUE = 2;
const int INPUT_FILE_DATA_ERROR = 3;
//Global Constants
const int arraySize = 200;
const int numType = 5; //# of the types of coffee we currently offer
//Coffee prices per pound
const double colombWhole = 3.75;
const double colombRetail = 4.85;
const double konaWhole = 4.25;
const double konaRetail = 5.25;
const double ethiopWhole = 4.30;
const double ethiopRetail = 5.75;
const double jamaWhole = 5.25;
const double jamaRetail = 7.75;
const double brazWhole = 4.65;
const double brazRetail = 5.90;
//Function prototypes
int readData (ifstream &infile, customer carray[], int size);
//PRE: The address of the ifstream object, the addres of the array of customer structs and the size of
// the array is passed in
//POST: All of the customer data is read in AND the totalQuantity, totalPurchases and totalProfit for
// each customer is calculated. The number of records read is returned.
void sortData (customer carray[], int recordcount, int sortfield);
//PRE: The address of the array of customers, the number of customer records in the array and the field
// on which to be sorted is passed into the function.
//POST: The array is sorted on the basis of the specified field in ascending order
int findMax (const customer carray[], int startRange, int recordcount, int sortfield);
//PRE: The address of the array of customers, the field to sort on and a range of values is passed in
//POST: The address of the largest value is returned
int main()
{
//Array of customer structs
customer crecords[arraySize];
//Initialize the members of our struct to zero
for (int i = 0; i < arraySize; i++)
{
crecords[i].totalProfit = 0;
crecords[i].totalPurchases = 0;
crecords[i].totalQuantity = 0;
}
//Declare filestream objects
ifstream ifile;
ofstream ofile1, ofile2, ofile3;
//user responses
char pquit = 'Y';
char specAnother;
int sortby;
string ifilename;
//Ask user for name of input file
cout << "Please enter the name of the input file: " ;
cin >> ifilename;
//Attempt to open the input file
ifile.open(ifilename.c_str());
while (ifile.fail())
{
cout << endl << "The input file could not be found. Would you like to specify "
<< "another file?" << endl << "(Enter Y or N):";
cin >> specAnother; //Ask user if they want to specify another
if (specAnother == 'N' || specAnother == 'n')
{
exit(INPUT_FILE_FAIL_NO_CONTINUE);
}
else
{
cout << endl << "Please enter the name of the new input file: " ;
cin >> ifilename;
}
ifile.clear(); //Clear the flags, else the input file fail flag will perpetually return true
ifile.open(ifilename.c_str());
}
//File opened successfully, let's begin reading in data and also keep track of the # of
//records read
int numRec = readData(ifile, crecords, arraySize);
cout << "Finished reading " << numRec << " records" << endl;
do
{
//Ask user how they would like to sort the data for the report
cout << endl << "What would you like to sort on?" << endl;
cout << "1) Sort by POUNDS bought" << endl
<< "2) Sort by PURCHASE AMOUNT" << endl
<< "3) Sort by PROFIT" << endl;
cin >> sortby;
if (sortby > 3 || sortby < 1)
{
cout << "You entered an invalid sorting method, try again" << endl
<< "Enter an option:";
cin >> sortby;
}
cout << "You entered " << sortby << endl;
}
//Sort Data
sortData(carray, numRec, sortby);
return 0;
}
//Function Definitions
int readData (ifstream &infile, customer carray[], int size)
{
int x = 0, coffeeType, quantity;
double currentSale, internalCost, profitOnSale;
while (infile >> carray[x].id && x < size)
{
infile >> carray[x].fname >> carray[x].lname;
while (infile >> coffeeType && coffeeType != 0)
{
infile >> quantity;
switch(coffeeType)
{
case 1:
carray[x].totalQuantity += quantity;
currentSale = quantity * colombRetail;
carray[x].totalPurchases += currentSale;
internalCost = quantity * colombWhole;
profitOnSale = currentSale - internalCost;
carray[x].totalProfit += profitOnSale;
break;
case 2:
carray[x].totalQuantity += quantity;
currentSale = quantity * konaRetail;
carray[x].totalPurchases += currentSale;
internalCost = quantity * konaWhole;
profitOnSale = currentSale - internalCost;
carray[x].totalProfit += profitOnSale;
break;
case 3:
carray[x].totalQuantity += quantity;
currentSale = quantity * ethiopRetail;
carray[x].totalPurchases += currentSale;
internalCost = quantity * ethiopWhole;
profitOnSale = currentSale - internalCost;
carray[x].totalProfit += profitOnSale;
break;
case 4:
carray[x].totalQuantity += quantity;
currentSale = quantity * jamaRetail;
carray[x].totalPurchases += currentSale;
internalCost = quantity * jamaWhole;
profitOnSale = currentSale - internalCost;
carray[x].totalProfit += profitOnSale;
break;
case 5:
carray[x].totalQuantity += quantity;
currentSale = quantity * brazRetail;
carray[x].totalPurchases += currentSale;
internalCost = quantity * brazWhole;
profitOnSale = currentSale - internalCost;
carray[x].totalProfit += profitOnSale;
break;
default:
cout <<"The input file contains an undeclared coffee type at record " << x
<<"Program terminating!" << endl;
//return exit(INPUT_FILE_DATA_ERROR);
}
}
x++; //At this point, we have encountered our sentinel value of 0 that indicates the end of our
//customer record. Let's move on to the next customer.
}
return x;
}
int findMax (const customer carray[], int startRange, int recordcount, int sortfield)
{
int maxLoc = startRange;
switch(sortfield)
{
case 1:
for (int i = startRange + 1; i <= recordcount; i++)
{
if (carray[maxLoc].totalQuantity < carray[i].totalQuantity)
maxLoc = i;
}
case 2:
for (int i = startRange + 1; i <= recordcount; i++)
{
if (carray[maxLoc].totalPurchases < carray[i].totalPurchases)
maxLoc = i;
}
case 3:
for (int i = startRange + 1; i <= recordcount; i++)
{
if (carray[maxLoc].totalProfit < carray[i].totalProfit)
maxLoc = i;
}
}
return maxLoc;
}
void sortData (customer carray[], int recordcount, int sortfield)
{
for (int i = 0; i < recordcount ; i++)
{
int max = findMax(carray, i, recordcount, sortfield);
swap(carray[i], carray[max]);
}
}

Answer 1

Your problem is that you have this:
do
{
// ...
}
without a trailing while (...); just before the call to sortData.

Answer 2

Where is while clause of your do..while statement?

Answer 3

do { … } requires a condition at the end, such as do { … } while (busy); If you just want to execute a piece of code in a block, just put that block there and remove the do.

Answer 4

Your do {} is missing a while clause after the brackets, that would result in a syntax error.
Another thing I also noticed -- the findMax switch statement is missing a default tag, and it's also missing break statements. Not sure if that's your intention or not, but it's usually not for most switches.

Answer 5

where is your while after do ????
do {
// something
} while(condition);
this is the correct syntax