Expected a statement Error

Question

I'm getting an Expected a Statement error in this else statement

if (surface == NULL);
     std::cout << "error" << std::endl;
else 
{
    optimizedSurface = SDL_ConvertSurface(surface, windowSurface->format, 0);
}

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

remove the ; after if . if (surface == NULL); should be if (surface == NULL)