//i'm a total newbie doing sam's teach yourself series and begging for any help
//this is typed exactly as in compiler for trying to set condition using
//else statement
#include <iostream>
int main()
}
int firstNumber, secondNumber;
    std::cout<<"Enter a number\n";
    std::cin>>firstNumber;
    std::cout<<"Enter a larger number\n";
    std::cin>>secondNumber;
if (firstNumber>secondNumber);
    std::cout<<"Good Job\n";
else // :cry: getting "parse error before else" message on compile
    std::cout<<"Wrong Answer\n";
return 0;
}

#include <iostream>
int main()
{    //As opposed to }, 
int firstNumber, secondNumber;
    std::cout<<"Enter a number\n";
    std::cin>>firstNumber;
    std::cout<<"Enter a larger number\n";
    std::cin>>secondNumber;
if (firstNumber>secondNumber)   //there is no semicolon after the if statement.
    std::cout<<"Good Job\n";
else // :cry: getting "parse error before else" message on compile
    std::cout<<"Wrong Answer\n";
return 0;
}