class Character {
string First_Name, Surname, Player_Name;
Base_Stat Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha;
Race Race_;
public:
Character ();
void Generator () {
int a;
cout << "Please enter your character's first name.\n";
cin >> First_Name;
cout << "Until your character earns one, he/she will have no surname.\n";
cout << "What is they player's name?\n";
cin >> Player_Name;
cout << "Please choose your race.\n";
cout << "1.)Human\n2.)Elf\n3.)Dwarf\n4.)Halfling\n5.)Gnome\n6.)Half-Orc\n7.)Half-Elf\n";
switch (a) {
case 1: {
Race_ = Human;
break;
}
case 2: {
Race_ = Elf;
break;
}
case 3: {
Race_ = Dwarf;
break;
}
case 4: {
Race_ = Halfling;
break;
}
case 5: {
Race_ = Gnome;
break;
}
case 6: {
Race_ = Half_Orc;
break;
}
case 7: {
Race_ = Half_Elf;
break;
}
}
}
};
Character::Character() {
First_Name = " ";
Surname = " ";
Player_Name = " ";
};
Trouble with member functions
Author
Question: Is <iostream> unavailable when declaring the members of a class?
Today has been my first day working with classes, and until a few minutes ago, it was going great. After declaring a few classes and fiddling with values, constructors, instantialization, and pointers, I attempted to make a master class that used another class as a member.
Here's where it got hairy: all have worked great except one, the class holding information on each possible race for the character in question.
...is my declaration and construct for the Character's primary class, along with the function that's been bothering me, void Generator().
During compilation, I get two very long errors...
error C2679: binary '>>' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'std::string' (or there is no acceptable conversion), and both correspond to the standard inputs I have for customizing the character's name and the player's name.
I'm gonna continue to fiddle and see what I can figure out, but any insight would be greatly appreciated: I'm new to classes and I could very well be doing something stupid.
Additionally - purely on stylistic and practical grounds, consider moving Generator outside the class, as you have with the constructor. Putting functions in the class body like that is rarely done in C++ unless it's a template or a very short inline function.
Checklist:
1) have you #included <iostream>?
2) have you #included <string>?
3) have you specified using namespace std?
On (3)... as a general guideline, using directives in headers are bad practice, because it can affects files that #include the header without you realising it, which can lead to subtle bugs with unintended consequences. So, assuming this is a header file (I guess it might be a CPP file), it would be better to change that third point to:
3) have you specified std::cout, std::cin, and std::string?
I must admit, at first I thought it was this that was causing it; but the error message clearly states std::string. So I'm going to guess it's number 1 that's the fault. Certainly, the principle of what you are attempting to do is fine.
1) have you #included <iostream>?
2) have you #included <string>?
3) have you specified using namespace std?
On (3)... as a general guideline, using directives in headers are bad practice, because it can affects files that #include the header without you realising it, which can lead to subtle bugs with unintended consequences. So, assuming this is a header file (I guess it might be a CPP file), it would be better to change that third point to:
3) have you specified std::cout, std::cin, and std::string?
I must admit, at first I thought it was this that was causing it; but the error message clearly states std::string. So I'm going to guess it's number 1 that's the fault. Certainly, the principle of what you are attempting to do is fine.
Author
When I said it was possible I was doing something stupid, I didn't realize I could actually miss #include <string>. Can't say I've ever made a mistake like that in the 3 years I've been programming. Thanks for the help, she's running beautifully now.
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