Main.cc: In function ‘int main()’: Main.cc:7:8: error: no match for ‘operator<<’ (operand types are ‘std::istream {aka std::basic_istream}’ and ‘int’) cin< Main.cc:7:8: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘std::istream {aka std::basic_istream}’ to ‘int’ In file included from /usr/include/c++/7/regex:62:0, from /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/7/bits/stdc++.h:110, from Main.cc:1: /usr/include/c++/7/bits/regex.h:1525:5: note: candidate: template std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>& std::__cxx11::operator<<(std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>&, const std::__cxx11::sub_match<_Bi_iter>&) operator<<(basic_ostream<_Ch_type, _Ch_traits>& __os, ^~~~~~~~ /usr/include/c++/7/bits/regex.h:1525:5: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed: Main.cc:7:10: note: ‘std::istream {aka std::basic_istream}’ is not derived from ‘std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>’ cin<