Hello.I am having some problems with my vc++6 compiler.Here is the code:
#include <iostream.h>
class SimpleCat
{
public:
SimpleCat() { itsAge = 2; } // if I put the definition of the function into the daclaration,that becomes an "inline" function
~SimpleCat() { } // class destructor
int GetAge() const { return itsAge;}
void SetAge ( int age ) { itsAge = age;}
private:
int itsAge;
}; // class declaration ends
int main ()
{
cout << " generally,to access data members and functions,\n";
cout << " we use the dot (.) operator...\n";
cout << "but here while accessing the Cat object on the free...\n";
cout << " store,I must dereference(indirectly access from the pointer with * symbol) the pointer and call the dot operator on the object pointed to by the pointer\n";
cout << " to access the GetAge member function,I will write (*pRags).GetAge();\n";
cout << " The format is like this: (*nameOfThePointer).nameOfTheFunctionToBeAccessed();\n";
cout << " But,in c++,the operator needed is (->) or ( dash,greater-than)\n";
SimpleCat * Frisky = new SimpleCat; // creating simplecat object on the freestore or heap
cout << " Frisky is" << Frisky->GetAge() << "years old\n";
Frisky->SetAge(5);
cout << " Frisky is << Frisky->GetAge() << " years old\n";
delete Frisky ;
return 0;
}
here are the compiling errors,I'm sure it's about calling functions from a cout statement..the cout statements are directly from the book the problem is with the compiler:
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D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'years'
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2017: illegal escape sequence
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2065: 'years' : undeclared identifier
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'old'
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2001: newline in constant
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2065: 'old' : undeclared identifier
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'n'
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2065: 'n' : undeclared identifier
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(36) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'string'
D:\ADOBE\VC++6PROJECTS\accessingmemberdataonheap\memdthp.cpp(37) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'delete'
Error executing cl.exe.
memdthp.obj - 10 error(s), 0 warning(s)
tia i'm a n00b
Unsolved 
