Hello, I posted a program about converting furlongs to kilometers and other conversions concerning those 2 main units. These errors kept popping up:
error C2027: use of undefined type 'Kilometer'
see declaration of 'Kilometer'
error C2228: left of '.getkilometers' must have class/struct/union
error C2027: use of undefined type 'Kilometer'
see declaration of 'Kilometer'
error C2228: left of '.getmeters' must have class/struct/union

It was suggested to me that I declare the class kilometer before furlong but that did not work. I know that the errors are coming from using the class kilometer as a paramter type before it is declared and attempted to fix it but to no avail. I have absolutely no idea of how to fix this. Here is the 2 .h's and .cpp.

Furlong.h

#include "math.h"
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

#define MILES_PER_FURLONG	    .125 ;     //constants
#define YARDS_PER_FURLONG		220  ;     //constants   
#define FEET_PER_YARD		    3    ;    //constants
#define FEET_PER_FURLONG        660  ;
#define KILOMETERS_PER_FURLONG  0.201168 ; //constants
#define METERS_PER_KILOMETER	1000;
#define FURLONGS_PER_KILOMETER  4.97096954; 
class Furlong{
private:
	int furlongs;
	int yards;
	double feet;
public:

	Furlong ()
	{
		furlongs=0;
		yards=0;
		feet=0.0;
	};
	Furlong(double f)//Basic type to User Defined type (class furlong type)
	{
		furlongs = (int)floor(f);//f works like d_furlongs since this is a direct conversion not needing to be multiplied by KILOMETERS_PER_FURLONG
		double d_yards = (f - furlongs)*YARDS_PER_FURLONG;// d_yards(decimal yards)  is the difference between f and the floored f
		yards = (int)floor(d_yards);					  // miles the non-decimal value
		feet = (d_yards - yards) * FEET_PER_YARD;		  // can be a decimal value for feet made to take all of the remainding value
	};
    

	int getfurlongs(){		//no explanation really needed I would hope
		return furlongs;
	}
	
	int getyards(){
		return yards;
	}
	
	double getfeet(){
		return feet;
	}

	void display()
	{cout<<"Furlongs: "<<furlongs<<endl<<"Yards: "<<yards<<endl<<"Feet: "<<feet<<endl;}//could call the get___() functions but would be unnecessary use of space
	#ifndef KILOMETER_H
	#define KILOMETER_H
	#endif
	Furlong(class Kilometer& kilo)
	{
		double k = kilo.getkilometers() + kilo.getmeters()/METERS_PER_KILOMETER;//so I dont have to tediously call the long function names over and over wasting code and memory space, combines kilometers with meters/1000 to create a total value for the total kilometers like f for the other constructor
		double d_furlongs = k * KILOMETERS_PER_FURLONG;  //decimal furlongs (d_furlongs) is the double version the kilometers * KILOMETERS_PER_FURLONG
		furlongs = (int)floor(d_furlongs);//non-decimal version of the kilometers to furlong 
		double d_yards = (d_furlongs - furlongs) * YARDS_PER_FURLONG;// d_yards(decimal yards)  is the difference between d_furlongs and the floored furlongs
		yards = (int)floor(d_yards);//miles the non-decimal value
		feet = d_yards - yards * FEET_PER_YARD;		  // can be a decimal value for feet made to take all of the remainding value
	};
};

kilometer.h

#include<iostream>
#include<math.h>
using namespace std;
#define METERS_PER_KILOMETER	1000      ;
#define FURLONGS_PER_KILOMETER  4.97096954; 
#define MILES_PER_FURLONG	    .125      ;  //constants
#define YARDS_PER_FURLONG		220       ; //constants   
#define FEET_PER_YARD		    3         ; //constants
#define FEET_PER_FURLONG        660       ;
#define KILOMETERS_PER_FURLONG  0.201168  ;//constants

class Kilometer{
private:
	int kilometers;
	double meters;
public:

	Kilometer ()
	{
		kilometers=0;
		meters=0.0;
	};
	Kilometer (double k)
	{
		kilometers = (int)floor(k);//floored version of k
		meters = (k-kilometers) * METERS_PER_KILOMETER;//the difference of the 
	};
	


	int getkilometers(){			//no explanation needed
		return kilometers;
	};
	
	double getmeters(){
		return meters;
	};

	void display()
	{cout<<endl<<"Kilmeters: "<<kilometers<<endl<<"meters: "<<meters<<endl;};
	#ifndef FURLONG_H
	#define FURLONG_H
	#endif
	Kilometer (Furlong& furl)
	{
		double f=furl.getfurlongs() + furl.getyards()/YARDS_PER_FURLONG + furl.getfeet()/FEET_PER_FURLONG;//so I dont have to tediously call the long function names over and over wasting code and memory space, combines furlongs with yards/220 with feet/660 to create a total value for the total furlongs similar to the double k for the other constructor
		double d_kilometers = f*FURLONGS_PER_KILOMETER;  //decimal furlongs (d_furlongs) is the double version the kilometers * fURLONGS_PER_KILOMETER
		kilometers = (int)floor(d_kilometers);//non-decimal version of the kilometers to furlong 
		meters=(d_kilometers-kilometers) * METERS_PER_KILOMETER; 
	};
};

main.cpp

#include "Furlong.h"
#include "Kilometer.h"
#include<iostream> //not really needed to be in so I commented out, the linking of the Furlong.h and Kilometer.h includes #include<iostream> 
using namespace std;
int main()
{

	//double f=15;//furlong input initialized to zero for safety		
	//double k=34.3458;//kilometer input initialized to zero for safety
	//class Furlong a(f);
	//class Kilometer b(k);
	//a.display();
	//b.display(); 
	//class Kilometer c(a);
	//c.display();
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

Thank you for any help.

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You cannot do this, it's simply incorrect syntax:

Furlong(class Kilometer& kilo)

You just need to do

Furlong(Kilometer& kilo)

And also, you really shouldn't/can't have both classes contain the other class. In this case I would make two non-member functions

Furlong KilometerToFurlong(Kilometer &kilo);
Kilometer FurlongToKilometer(Furlong &furl);

Because the conversion functions aren't really helping anything by being member functions.

Hope this helps.

Dave

They need to be either constructors or overloaded operators but either way member functions because that is the assignment. Thanks though

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