why is there error C2100: illegal indirection

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#include <stdio.h>

//function declaration
void dispTariff(float);
float getTariff(int);

//declare and initialize data
int eusage[]={800,650,525,450,420,405,400,400,400,400};
#define tariff 25;
void main(void)
{
	float usageA,usageB,increase;
	usageA=getTariff(5);
	usageB=getTariff(8);
	increase=((usageB-usageA)/usageA*100);

	//print increase in percentage
	printf("increase in percentage is %2.2f%%\n",increase);

}//main
float getTariff(int duration)
{
	int j=0;
	float ebill=0;
	for(j=0,j<duration;j++;)>
	{
		ebill=ebill+tariff*(eusage[j]/1000.0);
	}
	printf("total bill after 6 hours %.2fcent\n",ebill);
	return ebill;
}

Posted 12-Jan-16 22:44pm

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Updated 12-Jan-16 22:49pm

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2016-01-12T23:03:00

The error source is here:

#define tariff 25;

The preprocessor will replace the occurence of tariff with 25; so that the compiler later sees this line:

ebill=ebill+25;*(eusage[j]/1000.0);

The semicolon defines the end of an expression and *(eusage[j]/1000.0) is interpreted as another expression where the indirection operator (*) is applied to a non-pointer value.
So change it to:

#define tariff 25

But there is also another error in your code. The line

for(j=0,j<duration;j++;)

should probably be

for(j=0;j<duration;j++)