Can’t use variables

Question

So basicly when writing c++ code in code blocks, I try to use variables and it doesn’t work. I’m not sure why and any help would be great. Here is the code I have

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int thevariable = 22;
cout << “thevariable”;
return 0;
}

Ok so thats the code, in console after i run it and build, it only says “thevariable” and not “22”, hopefuly this helps.

Answer 1

Remove the double quotes(" ")from the cout line.

cout<<thevariable;
-------
When you type the variable name enclosed in double quotes, the compiler thinks of it as a string literal and displays it as is.
When you just type the variable name (without the quotes), it displays the value of the variable.

Answer 2

ahhh, thanks so much. I was so confused.