i have an enumeration problem in C++ could someone tell me whats up with this code? the compiler tells me several things, that theres a "parse error" before the 'numeric constant' in the enum dec on line 5 also, when i declare ERRCODE result, it says its storage size is unknown. and lots more...but i think it all leads back to the first problem #include <iostream> using namespace std; enum ERRCODE { SUCCESS, ERROR }; ERRCODE Factor(int , int&, int&); int main() { int number, squared, cubed; ERRCODE result; cout<<"enter a number (0-20): "; cin>>number; result=Factor(number, squared, cubed); if(result==SUCCESS) { cout<<"\nnumber: "<<number<<endl; cout<<"\nsquared: "<<squared<<endl; cout<<"\ncubed: "<<cubed<<endl; } else cout<<"ERROR FOUND!!"<<endl; char res; cin>>res; return 0; } ERRCODE Factor(int n, int &rSquared, int &rCubed) { if(n>20) return ERROR; else { rSquared=n*n; rCubed=n*n*n; return SUCCESS; } }

Quote:Original post by Tang of the Mountain
enum ERRCODE { SUCCESS = 0, ERROR };

You only need to set the first one if you want it to start at somthing besides 0.

i initialized it to zero(SUCCESS in the enum) but it still did not work
and i use Dev 4.9.8.0, for the record
oh, and sorry about the long code, i just found out about the
tags; i'll use them from now on
i appreciate any help given

If it works on MSVC and not Dev-cpp, the only guess I have is that "SUCCESS" or "ERROR" is already defined as somthing. This is just a guess, but try changig the names to SUCCESS1 and ERROR1 or somthing...

wow, that actually worked
but where in iostream would ERROR and SUCCESS be defined?
i can see ERROR being in there, but not the other...

Err, there is another forum for programming spcefic questions, but whatever.