C++ cout gives undeclared identifier

Question

So, I have this question. Why does cout throws

error C2065: \'cout\' : undeclared identifier

I am using Visual Studio 2012 as an IDE and I

Answer 1

stdafx.h shall be the first include directive in your source file.

Switch files and convert the second include to <>, as other suggested.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include 

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