Need help with c++ error

[Chavis]

Good day all,
I'm trying to create a template class just for learning purposes. And i keep coming up with two errors... Here's the script:

HEADER FILE "lottoclass.h"

#ifndef LOTTOCLASS_H_INCLUDED
#define LOTTOCLASS_H_INCLUDED

using namespace std;
template<typename T>
class Lottery
{
public:
 Lottery();
 ~Lottery();
 T Resize(T* array, int i);
 void addVar(int b, T b2);

private:
 T* array2;
 int arraySize;
}

template<typename T>
Lottery<T>Lottery()
{
array2=0;
arraySize=0;
}

template<typename T>
T Lottery<T>::Resize(T* array, int i)
{
T* arr3= new T [i];
delete[] array;
return array3;
}

template<typename T>
Lottery<T>::~Lottery()
{
delete[] array2;
array2=0;
}

template<typename T>
void Lottery<T>::addVar(int b, T b2)
{
 array2[b]= b2;
}

And here's the int main();

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include "numonly.h"
#include <string>
#include "LottoClass.h"

int main()
{
//Setting up variables//
string n;
int n1, b2;
cout<<"Welcome to R-Lot!"<< endl;
//Continue a loop until user inserts correct answer//

while (true)
{
cout<<"R-Lot for Numbers (1) or Names (2)";
n1=stringtonumber(EnterOnlyNumbers());

if (n1 == 1 || n1 == 2)
break;
}

if (n1 == 1)
{
  int i, i2;
  i=i2=0;
  cout<<"How many units?";
  b2=stringtonumber(EnterOnlyNumbers());
  Lottery<int>Lotto();
  Lotto.Resize(array2, b2);
  
  while (i<b2)
  {
     cout<<"What will [ " <<i<<" ] be? ";
     i2=stringtonumber(EnterOnlyNumbers());
     Lotto.addVar(i,i2)
     cout<<"[ "<<i<<" ] = "<<i2<<endl;
     i++;
  }
}
return 0;
}

Ok, first error is in the main(), when the compiler runs Lotto.Resize(array2, b2); it says:
error: request for member 'Resize' in 'Lotto', which of non-class type 'Lottery<int>()'
error: 'array2' was not declared in this scope
error: request for member 'addVar' in 'Lotto', which of non-class type 'Lottery<int>()'

Can someone please help me resolve these errors... Array2 is clearly defined as a private variable, and in the constructor...
Thanks alot

[Narue]

Lottery<int>Lotto();

Welcome to C++, where syntactic ambiguity means you declared a function rather than an object. Remove the parens from this declaration and Lotto will become what you intended it to be:

Lottery<int> Lotto;

And array2 isn't visible in main(), it's a private member of the Lottery class.

[Chavis]

So how do I create a constructor in this template class to declare array2 as 0, and arraySize as 0?

[Narue]

So how do I create a constructor in this template class to declare array2 as 0, and arraySize as 0?

You do nothing, because that constructor already exists...

[Chavis]

Thanks

[Chavis]

Ok but now, its saying with the Resize function:
error: invalid conversion from 'int' to 'int*' can you tell me why?

[raptr_dflo]

I think you have many problems with your Resize method:

template<typename T>
T Lottery<T>::Resize(T* array, int i)
{
    T* arr3= new T [i];
    delete[] array;
    return array3;
}

You have (1) dynamically allocated a new array of i objects of type T, and done nothing with it, (2) deleted the array that you passed in, for no obvious reason, and without doing anything with it, and (3) returned a variable that isn't defined.

So I think that needs work before you get too far. Once you determine what you need to pass in to a Resize method, vs. what information the class instance already has, I think you'll find that the error message becomes a non-issue (though if you really want to know, it's because the first variable you're passing into the method is an integer, when it's expecting and array-of-integers).