A Laboratory Course in C++, 5th Edition

Lesson 1-6: Entering, Compiling, and Running a New Program

16 | Chapter 1

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Exercise 1: Enter the editor and key in the following program. You are not expected to

understand what it does; just copy it exactly as shown.

// Program Area calculates the area of a square.

// The user is prompted to enter the number of inches on each

// side. Note that "endl" in line 7 ends in the letter "l", not

// the number one.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()

{

int inches;

cout << "Enter the number of inches on a side "

<< endl;

cout ...