Main.cc: In function ‘int main()’: Main.cc:8:9: error: no match for ‘operator<<’ (operand types are ‘std::istream {aka std::basic_istream}’ and ‘int’) cin< Main.cc:8:9: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘std::istream {aka std::basic_istream}’ to ‘int’ In file included from /usr/include/c++/7/string:52:0, from /usr/include/c++/7/bits/locale_classes.h:40, from /usr/include/c++/7/bits/ios_base.h:41, from /usr/include/c++/7/ios:42, from /usr/include/c++/7/ostream:38, from /usr/include/c++/7/iostream:39, from Main.cc:1: /usr/include/c++/7/bits/basic_string.h:6284:5: note: candidate: template std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::operator<<(std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>&, const std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>&) operator<<(basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>& __os, ^~~~~~~~ /usr/include/c++/7/bits/basic_string.h:6284:5: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed: Main.cc:8:14: note: ‘std::istream {aka std::basic_istream}’ is not derived from ‘std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>’ cin<