parse error

I'm using apple's X code and trying to type Jesse Liberty's "Decryptix"source code into the apple IDE, and I get a parse error message.

this is the code, and the error line is beween two **.
The error message is

error: parse error before `<<' token

anyone could shed some light on this?

TIA,

ionmuniz


#include <iostream>

int main ()
{
std::cout << "Decryptix. (c) Copyright 1999 Liberty";
std::cout << "Associates, Inc. Version 0.2\n" << std::endl;
std::cout << "There are two ways to play Decryptix:";
std::cout << "either you can guess a pattern I create, ";
std::cout << "or I can guess your pattern.\n\n";

std::cout << "If you are guessing, I will think of a\n";
std::cout << "pattern of leters (e.g., abcde).\n\n";

std::cout << "On each turn you guess the pattern and\n";
std::cout << "I will tell you how many letters you\n";
std::cout << "got right, and how many of the correct\n";
std::cout << "letters were in the correct position.\n\n";

std::cout << "The goal is to decode the puzzle as quickly\n";
std::cout << "as possible. You control how many letters\n";
std::cout << "can be used and how many positions\n";
std::cout << " (e.g., 5 possible letters in 4 positions)\n";
std::cout << "as well as wether or not might\n";
std::cout << "contain duplicate letters (e.g., aabcd).\n\n";

std::cout << "If I'm guessing you think of a pattern\n";
std::cout << "and score each of my answers.\n\n";

const int minLetters = 2,maxLetters = 10,minPositions = 3,maxPositions = 10;


int howManyLetters = 0, howManyPositions = 0;
bool duplicatesAllowed = false;
int round = 1;


while ( howManyLetters < minLetters && howManyLetters> maxLetters )


std::cout << "How many letters? (";
std::cout << minLetters << "-" << maxLetters <<"): ";
std::cin >> howManyLetters;

if ( howManyLetters < minLetters && howManyLetters> maxLetters )

**std::cout << "please enter a number between ", << minLetters "and" << maxLetters << endl;**




std::cout << "How many positions? (";
std::cout << minPositions << "-" <<maxPositions << "): ";
std::cin >> howManyPositions;

char choice;
std::cout<<"Allow duplicates (y/n)? ";
std::cin >> choice;
return 0;
}

 

Never Mind!

I got the bug! After a lot or trial and error I found out the the : (do you call it colon in English?) was messin the code.

On the other side I got myself into another mess, the doggone loop ain't stopin', but that seems easier to handle.

Ion