error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'

Question

I am new to programming C.. please tell me what is wrong with this program, and why I am getting this error: error C2143: syntax error : missing \';\' before \'type\

Answer 1

this:

int i=1;
for(;i<=5; i++) {

should be idiomatically written as:

for(int i=1; i<=5; i++) {

because there no point to declare for loop variable in the function scope.