'data' was not declared in this scope

Question

I'm in the process of implementing the Goertzel Algorithm in C++, and I've gotten so far:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <math.h>

const double pi = 3.14159;

class digitalFilter{
    private:
        int     k,i;
        float   temp;
        float   scalingFactor;
        float   floatnumSamples;
        float   omega,sine,cosine,coeff,q0,q1,q2,magnitude,real,imag;
        int const static limit = 205;
    public:
        digitalFilter();
        void readDataFromFile();
        float goertzel_mag(int numSamples,int TARGET_FREQUENCY,int SAMPLING_RATE, float* data);
};

digitalFilter::digitalFilter(){
    float* data = new float[limit];
}

void digitalFilter::readDataFromFile(){
    //get 205 values from txt file and store this in an array
    std::ifstream dataFile ("data_files/datad.txt");
    if (dataFile.is_open()){
        for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++){
            dataFile >> temp;
            data[i] = temp;
        }
        dataFile.close();
    }else{
        std::cout << "Unable to open file\n";
    }
}

float digitalFilter::goertzel_mag(int numSamples,int TARGET_FREQUENCY,int SAMPLING_RATE, float* data){
    scalingFactor = numSamples / 2.0;

    floatnumSamples = (float) numSamples;
    k = (int) (0.5 + ((floatnumSamples * TARGET_FREQUENCY) / SAMPLING_RATE));
    omega = (2.0 * pi * k) / floatnumSamples;
    sine = sin(omega);
    cosine = cos(omega);
    coeff = 2.0 * cosine;
    q0=0;
    q1=0;
    q2=0;

    for(int i = 0; i < numSamples; i++)
    {
        q0 = coeff * q1 - q2 + data[i];
        q2 = q1;
        q1 = q0;
    }

    // calculate the real and imaginary results
    // scaling appropriately
    real = (q1 - q2 * cosine) / scalingFactor;
    imag = (q2 * sine) / scalingFactor;

    magnitude = sqrtf(real*real + imag*imag);
    std::cout << "a" << TARGET_FREQUENCY << " = " << magnitude << std::endl;
    return magnitude;
}


int main()
{
    digitalFilter ObjOne;
    //compute amplitude magnitude of DFT
    ObjOne.readDataFromFile();
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,697,8000,data);
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,770,8000,data);
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,852,8000,data);
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,941,8000,data);
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,1209,8000,data);
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,1336,8000,data);
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,1477,8000,data);
    ObjOne.goertzel_mag(205,1633,8000,data);

    return 0;
}

But I get these silly error codes:

goertzel_mag-v3.cpp: In member function 'void digitalFilter::readDataFromFile()':
goertzel_mag-v3.cpp:41:4: error: 'data' was not declared in this scope
goertzel_mag-v3.cpp: In function 'int main()':
goertzel_mag-v3.cpp:85:35: error: 'data' was not declared in this scope

I am utterly and completely lost, why can't my member function readDataFromFile() find my array data[] ?? It seems like the constructor builds the array and then destroys it after the program leaves the constructor?? How can i fix these apparently silly errors?

Answer 1

Initializing float *data as a member function will fix the first problem. as it is initialized in the constructor and will be available to only that block and goes out of scope

For the main part access it using the object once you make it a member function. eg : obj.data

Answer 2

digitalFilter::digitalFilter(){
    float* data = new float[limit];
}

After exiting the constructor function the data array ceases to exist. Make it a class member variable or a global one to retain it.