Can the main function in C++ be of type void?

Question

yesterday i tried to declare the main() to be of type void but i encountered an error.

Answer 1

if u talk about c++ then yes in older complilers you can put a void return type for main
for example you can use it in older versions of Borland turbo and in 4.5 version also
but new compilers like Dev prohibits such a return type for main function if u insert int main (){//}
and not return anything or zero it will do perfectly without any warnings and errors
means no use of giving return type in Dev

Answer 2

me too

Answer 3

yes only if u r not returning a value.

Answer 4

Yes you can but it doesn't return a value

Answer 5

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

main()
{
int a;
cout << "Please enter a number \n";
cin >> a;

cout << a;

}

Answer 6

In dev it will show error if u'll write void with main while if u compile it in turbo it will accept it.. In dev don't write anything before main like i have given one example of a program..

Answer 7

yes it can be of type void when you want to just print a message or something which does not require to write in that case u can use void as return type