parse error problem in game.. can't seem to find problem solution.

[slashdot]

Ok, I have been creating a simple question and answer RPG game in the last couple days... and I'm at the moment making a random attack, and fight functions. This is file is just a test file, the functions have not been included with the full game, but I seem to have problems with it that I can't figure out. I don't want to move on until I understand my problem, and know how to fix it. Thanx in advance!

http://www.axiomgaming.net/slashdot/george's%20files/randomattack.cpp

It has something to do with the functions.... here is the error output...

anyone@george's:~$ g++ randomattack.cpp -o randomattack
randomattack.cpp: In function `void fight()':
randomattack.cpp:52: error: parse error before `{' token
randomattack.cpp: In function `int main(int, char**)':
randomattack.cpp:81: error: `RndmAtk' undeclared (first use this function)
randomattack.cpp:81: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
for each function it appears in.)
anyone@george's:~$

[redhead]

You're missing an ending } to terminate your void fight() wether it's a missplaced termination of an if() or else clause I can't say.. But thats basicaly it.

[slashdot]

O hell ya! Thanx.. I sorta knew it was that.. but since my book C++ for dummies, never really gave me details about errors (I think I can safely say "at all") I can only guess on what error outputs mean. BTW is there a reference to C++ error outputs? And there meanings? Thanx in advance!

[redhead]

I havn't come acros one... But it's gold to have an editor which can show you what opening and closing brackets match aswell as make auto indentation, like GNU Emacs then it realy makes things easy to figure out if you've lost a opening or closing bracket somewhere in your code.

These types of errors are usualy hard to find, because they first show them selves a few or even hundred lines further down into the code as where they appear.

[slashdot]

Hey I'll look into that.. I already came across several errors relating to misplaced brackets. I'll definitly look into emacs.. I used to use it before but I stop, I didn't know it had that feature. Thanx again.

[fp_unit]

vim can do matching brackets as well. I'll post my vimrc when I get back to my desktop. What distro are you using?

On Slackware vim settings are stored in user ~/.vimrc files, which override the global /usr/share/vim/vimrc file. I think most/all distros would have this, take a serious look because I just came across it yesterday.

cp /usr/share/vim/vim6.3/vimrc.EXAMPLE /usr/share/vim/vimrc

The path and filenames might not be EXACT, but poke around the /usr/share folder. Also some distros keep the global file in /etc/vimrc.

The vimrc.EXAMPLE file is set up to enable options programmers would like, syntax highlighting, brace matching, ruler marking, etc...