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[shig]

So someone decided that FOR SOME REASON I should learn Pascal. So my teacher told me to do some pretty basic programs and send it to him.

But, um... For some reason the compiler hates me. If I try to program using another computer it works just fine, but I have tried to do this incredibly simple program and the compiler tells me nothing but "COMPILATION ABORTED".
Here's what I have so far:
(The program is small and incomplete right now because I just wanted to test to see if I got the factoring right)
PROGRAM SEQUENCIA;

USES CRT;

VAR

N : INTEGER;

BEGIN
 READLN (N);
 WRITELN EXP(N * LN(2));
 READLN;
END.


So... What the hell is going on?? Is it my computer? I haven't tried coding this exact program on another computer yet.

[Mikademus]

Your compiler simply disapproves of ALL-CAPS. Or it believes it to be FORTRAN code 

Seriously though, that program looks ok. Granted, it has been quite a few years since I last did Pascal, but to me it looks like it should compile. Have you tried FreePascal?

[shig]

This was all done using FreePascal. :/

[Christian Knudsen]

You need parenthesis around the EXP(N * LN(2)) part:

WRITELN(EXP(N * LN(2)));

[shig]

You need parenthesis around the EXP(N * LN(2)) part:

WRITELN(EXP(N * LN(2)));

Apparently it was something with my computer.

I did this exact same thing on my neighbour's computer and it just told me there was something wrong, instead of "COMPILATION ABORTED". So I found this exact thing you just pointed out and fixed it, and then it worked. I did everything else there, and saved on my pendrive.

[Mikademus]

You need parenthesis around the EXP(N * LN(2)) part:

WRITELN(EXP(N * LN(2)));

Lol, can't believe I missed that! And I made my first games in Pascal! :D