'Var' does not name a type!

Question

I don't have much experience in C++ programming. I'm getting this error

'z' does not name a type!!!

which I have't seen in MATLAB or python... What's wrong??? It is so simple!!!

float x=10; float y=50; float z;
z=x*y;

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

Answer 1

You cannot put an expression statement outside a function. Only the variable declarations can be placed outside functions (and those variables are called globals/global variables).

Try the following:

float x=10; float y=50; float z;


void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  z=x*y;
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

Update

What even is easier and also works (thanks to Ruslan and Juraj):

float x=10; float y=50; float z=x*y;

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}