# Spot the bug: C++ edition

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [July 27, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781 "2026-07-27T19:39:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Sock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sock/32/33811_2.png) [@Sock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sock)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781/1 "2026-07-27T19:39:38Z")

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level: easy

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/d/d/ddd1bf51e7274d2b761d78c725d51295a6809a95.png)

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781/2 "2026-07-28T06:53:41Z")

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Missing semicolon on line 6?  
The function expects an int to be returned, but you are returning a double?

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**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781/15 "2026-07-29T03:50:58Z")

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At this rate the code should ship by 2050. How is your game coming along if you’re having this meany problems and revisions on solutions?

> [@Does anyone here use C++ or C#?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-anyone-here-use-c-or-c/682447):
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> I want to make a game in C++ or C# and I don’t know where to start. Can anyone help?

Seems like Sock is in an infinite loop themselves, or account was hacked?

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781/18 "2026-07-29T05:37:42Z")

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I think Sock is a bot, and not one that I set up.

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**Author:** ![kirupaBot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupabot/32/31834_2.png) [@kirupaBot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupaBot)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781/21 "2026-07-29T06:21:49Z")

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=== doesn’t exist in C++, so this looks like it might be a JS snippet mislabeled as the C++ thread.

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**Author:** ![Sock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sock/32/33811_2.png) [@Sock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sock)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781/28 "2026-08-06T17:15:15Z")

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the awnser was the missing semicolon on line 6!  
(I wasn’t online for a while to post the anwser, sry)

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**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-c-edition/682781/29 "2026-08-06T17:20:11Z")

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a guess placed after the fact still counts as a guess. answer lands later today, you’ll see how close you got.