A little problem

[WesFox13]

Hey all I've been writing a program that cheks an ISBN number as valid or invalid as an assignment for a class but I need a little bit of help. I get these errors when I try to compile it:

error C2275: 'std::string' : illegal use of this type as an expression
error C2275: 'std::istream' : illegal use of this type as an expression
error C2062: type 'char' unexpected

and the complier says this is the line repsonsible for the error. getline(istream& fin, string& num_of_isbn, char '\n'); these are the only errors I have in my program

Any help on this problem?

Here's the full code

///
///
/// Wesley Montgomery
/// 11/05/2008
/// CS 210
/// Prof. Gelotte
/// Section A (9:30-10:20)

// THIS IS PROGRAM 4 (ISBN-Check), a program that verifies ISBN numbers.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>                                                           // REQUIRED FOR FILE STREAMS
#include <cstdlib>                                                         // FOR DEFINITION OF EXIT_FAILURE
#include <cctype>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

// ASSOCIATE STREAMS WITH EXTERNAL FILE NAMES
#define inFile "isbntest.txt"                                          // LINKED ISBN FILE (LIST) SOURCE

// FUNCTIONS USED
void menuPrompt ();                                             // MAIN MENU USER INSTRUCTION
void userVal ();                                                 // MANUAL INPUT VALIDATION
int readFile ();                                                   // LINKED FILE VALIDATION
bool isbnCheckForUser (string isbn);                              // ISBN VALIDATION FUNCTION FOR USER INPUT
bool isbnCheckForFile (string isbn);                        // ISBN VALIDATION FUNCTION FOR FILE INPUT

int main ()
{
    char choice;                                           // INPUT-MAIN MENU CHOICE
    string isbn;

        do
        {
            menuPrompt ();
            cin >> choice;
            switch (choice)
            {
            case '1':
                    userVal ();
                    break;
            case '2':
                    readFile ();
                    break;
            case '3':
                    cout << "Thank you for using ISBN-Check. Have a nice day!" << endl;
                    break;
            default:
                    cerr << "Oops! Incorrect selection. Please try again." << endl;
            }            
        }
        while (choice != '3');
    
    system ("pause");

    return 0;
}

void menuPrompt ()
{
    cout << "Welcome to ISBN-Check." << endl;
    cout << "This program will verify the format of your ISBN(s)." << endl;
    cout << "To manually input the ISBN(s), enter 1." << endl;
    cout << "To verify the ISBN(s) from the linked .txt file, etner 2." << endl;
    cout << "When you're done, enter 3 to exit the program." << endl;
}

void userVal ()
{
    char subchoice;                                                                            // INPUT- SUB MENU CHOICE
    string isbn;                                                                            // INPUT- ISBN STRING
    do
    {
    cout << "Enter an ISBN:";
    cin >> isbn;
    isbnCheckForUser (isbn);
    if (isbnCheckForUser (isbn) == true)
        cout << "This is a valid ISBN." << endl;
    else
        cout << "This is NOT a valid ISBN." << endl;
    cout << endl;
    cout << "To go back to the main menu, enter 1." << endl;
    cout << "To continue manually inputting ISBN(s), enter any digit besides 1." << endl;
    cin >> subchoice;
    }
    while (subchoice != '1');
    
}

int readFile ()
{
    ifstream fin;
    string isbn;
    fin.open (inFile);
    if (fin.fail ())
    {
        cerr << " ERROR: Cannot open " << inFile << " for input. " << endl;
        return EXIT_FAILURE;                                                                // FAILURE RETURN
    }
    fin >> isbn;
    isbnCheckForFile (isbn);
    if (isbnCheckForFile (isbn) == true)
        cout << "This is a valid ISBN." << endl;
    else
        cout << "This is NOT a valid ISBN." << endl;
        
}

bool isbnCheckForUser (string isbn)
{
    int isbn0;
    int isbn1;
    int isbn2;
    int isbn3;
    int isbn4;
    int isbn5;
    int isbn6;
    int isbn7;
    int isbn8;
    int isbn9;
    int sum;
    int modulo;
    
    if (isbn.at(0) == '-' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == '-')
        cout << "This is NOT a valid ISBN." << endl;
        
        isbn.find('-');                                
        isbn.erase('-');
        isbn.at(0) = isbn0;
        isbn.at(1) = isbn1;
        isbn.at(2) = isbn2;
        isbn.at(3) = isbn3;
        isbn.at(4) = isbn4;
        isbn.at(5) = isbn5;
        isbn.at(6) = isbn6;
        isbn.at(7) = isbn7;
        isbn.at(8) = isbn8;
        isbn.at(9) = isbn9;
            
    if (isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'x' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'X')
        isbn9 = 10;
        
    sum= isbn0 * 1 + isbn1 * 2 + isbn2 * 3 + isbn3 * 4 + isbn4 * 5 + isbn5 * 6 + isbn6 * 7 + isbn7 * 8 + isbn8 * 9;
    modulo = sum / 11;
    
    if (modulo = 10 && isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'x' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'X')
        cout << "This is a valid ISBN." << endl;
    
    else if (modulo = 10 && isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) != 'x' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) != 'X')
        cout << "This is NOT a valid ISBN." << endl;
            
    else if (modulo != isbn9)
        cout << "This is Not a valid ISBN." << endl;
            
    else
        cout << "This is a valid ISBN." << endl;
}

bool isbnCheckForFile (string isbn)
{
    ifstream fin;
    int num_of_isbn;
    int count;
    int isbn0;
    int isbn1;
    int isbn2;
    int isbn3;
    int isbn4;
    int isbn5;
    int isbn6;
    int isbn7;
    int isbn8;
    int isbn9;
    int sum;
    int modulo;

    getline(istream& fin, string& num_of_isbn, char '\n');
    fin.ignore( 80, '\n');
    while (!fin.eof())
        {
            for (count=0; count < num_of_isbn; count++)
                {
                    getline (fin, isbn);
                    if (isbn.at(0) == '-' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == '-')
                    cout << "This is NOT a valid ISBN." << endl;
                    isbn.find('-');                                //HOW DO I COUNT THE NUMBER OF DASHES?
                    isbn.erase('-');
                    isbn.at(0) = isbn0;
                    isbn.at(1) = isbn1;
                    isbn.at(2) = isbn2;
                    isbn.at(3) = isbn3;
                    isbn.at(4) = isbn4;
                    isbn.at(5) = isbn5;
                    isbn.at(6) = isbn6;
                    isbn.at(7) = isbn7;
                    isbn.at(8) = isbn8;
                    isbn.at(9) = isbn9;
                    if (isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'x' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'X')
                    isbn9 = 10;
                    sum= isbn0 * 1 + isbn1 * 2 + isbn2 * 3 + isbn3 * 4 + isbn4 * 5 + isbn5 * 6 + isbn6 * 7 + isbn7 * 8 + isbn8 * 9;
                    modulo = sum / 11;
                    if (modulo = 10 && isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'x' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) == 'X')
                    cout << "This is a valid ISBN." << endl;
                    else if (modulo = 10 && isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) != 'x' || isbn.at(isbn.length()-1) != 'X')
                    cout << "This is NOT a valid ISBN." << endl;
                    else if (modulo != isbn9)
                    cout << "This is Not a valid ISBN." << endl;
                    else
                    cout << "This is a valid ISBN." << endl;
                }
        }
}

[VernonDozier]

getline(istream& fin, string& num_of_isbn, char '\n');

This isn't a function call. It's a function prototype already defined in C++, so you don't need to define it. Leave the variable types out. The compiler will figure out what the types are and what function to call:

getline (fin, num_of_isbn, '\n');

This would be a proper function call. It won't work in your program because you have num_of_isbn defined as an integer in line 162 above. You have to read it into a string or char* and then convert it to an integer if you want to use this getline function. I don't know what your input file looks like, but is there a reason you aren't doing this?

fin >> num_of_isbn;