If you can find the bug in this, you are a genius

w00t · 08-13-2002, 02:36 PM

On line 28 , which reads:

Point GetUpperLeft()const { return itsUpperLeft; }

I get an error that states "type name expected"
and also "declaration missing ; "
I've been going over this for a while now and I just can't find this stupid little bug

Please enlighten me

Here's the full program:

Code:

// Begin Rect.hpp
#include <iostream.h>
class point  //holds x,y coordinates
{
  //no constructor, use default
  public:
    void SetX(int x) {itsX = x; }
    void SetY(int y) {itsY = y; }
    int GetX()const {return itsX;}
    int GetY()const {return itsY;}
  private:
    int itsX;
    int itsY;
};  //end of point class declaration


class Rectangle
{
  public:
    Rectangle (int top, int left, int bottom, int right);
    ~Rectangle () {}

    int getTop() const { return itsTop; }
    int getLeft() const { return itsLeft;}
    int getBottom() const { return itsBottom; }
    int getRight() const { return itsRight; }

    Point GetUpperLeft()const { return itsUpperLeft; }
    Point GetLowerLeft()const { return itsLowerLeft; }
    Point GetUpperRight()const { return itsUpperRight; }
    Point GetLowerRight()const { return itsLowerRight; }

    void SetUpperLeft(Point Location)  {itsUpperLeft = Location;}
    void SetLowerLeft(Point Location)  {itsLowerLeft = Location;}
    void SetUpperRight(Point Location)  {itsUpperRight = Location;}
    void SetLowerRight(Point Location)  {itsLowerRight = Location;}

    void SetTop(int Top)  {itsTop = Top;}
    void SetLeft(int Left) {itsLeft = Left;}
    void SetBottom(int Bottom) {itsBottom = Bottom;}
    void SetRight(int Right)  {itsRight = Right;}

    int GetArea() const;

    private:
      point itsUpperLeft;
      point itsUpperRight;
      point itsLowerLeft;
      point itsLowerRight;
      int  itsTop;
      int  itsLeft;
      int  itsBottom;
      int  itsRight;
};
  //end Rect.hpp

Please pardon my stupidity, I'm a n00b.

w00t · 08-13-2002, 06:05 PM

No genui in here eh?:p

revolution · 08-13-2002, 06:08 PM

ive been scanning it for bout 20 min and i dont see it either, but im a n00b too

abc123 · 08-13-2002, 07:59 PM

Code:

class point //note the case sensitivty "point"

    Point GetUpperLeft()const { return itsUpperLeft; } //< where is trhe "Point" datatype???
/*
i assume its meant to be "point" not "Point"

*/

maybe that is the problem, but i could be wrong, the first time i looked at c++ was last night and i was reading from the same book as you

sde · 08-13-2002, 08:01 PM

and what book is this? is it good?

abc123 · 08-13-2002, 08:10 PM

learn c++ in 21 days

seems okay, i only looked at it for about 30 minutes but it seems fine so far

sde · 08-13-2002, 08:13 PM

hehe, that is the text for my c++ class too. it's ok .. i just have to read it really slow sometimes .. around chapter 10 or so.

w00t · 08-13-2002, 08:13 PM

Yeah, it's an OK book but are there any others out there that you could reccomend to me?

abc123 · 08-13-2002, 08:16 PM

www.bruceeckel.com has probably the best book for java (in my opionion) and a similiar book for c++, but the c++ book hasn't helped me (i only looked at it for 5 minutes) and i think it requires a basic understand, or bit above, which i dont have, but it may be good as well

thinking in c++ is its names

abc123 · 08-13-2002, 08:36 PM

so am i a genuis w00t?

w00t · 08-13-2002, 08:42 PM

O.k, i solved that problem (thanks abc), but now an even more obscure problem has popped up:

undefined symbol _main in module co.asm

now THAT's an error...

w00t · 08-13-2002, 08:42 PM

Not until you solve the above quandry...

sde · 08-13-2002, 08:46 PM

*whistles the jepordy theme .. *

abc123 · 08-13-2002, 08:50 PM

well i solved one problem and you didn't even post any assembly code... so there..

w00t · 08-13-2002, 09:52 PM

Well, I think it was a compiler error because the next program I wrote had the same error message. I'll just reinstall the compiler (Borland 5.5).