What does "expected primary expression before <" mean?

Question

I'm constantly getting the message shown above. Can anybody help? I'm trying to write an "if" statement like this:

if (total >=1 && <2) {
cout << "BURN THIS MONSTROSITY!" <<endl; }

Answer 1

You forgot the left operand for the <.

if ((total >=1) && (total < 2))