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Trilby
Trilby

Reputation: 35

Error C2236: unexpected token 'enum'

I'm currently developing a text adventure game in C++, and I'm trying to use enum to save on code. However, I get these errors:

1>f:\ghosthouse\ghosthouse\source.cpp(3): error C2236: unexpected token 'enum'. Did you forget a ';'?

1>f:\ghosthouse\ghosthouse\source.cpp(3): error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'

1>f:\ghosthouse\ghosthouse\source.cpp(3): error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)

Here's the code in question:

#include "Header.h"

enum gen_dirs {north, east, south, west};
enum gen_rooms {entrance, bathroom, livingroom, diningroom, abedroom, cupboard, kitchen, cbedroom};
...

And the relevant header file:

#define HEADER_H
#include <iostream> // For cin and cout
#include <string> // For strings
#include <vector> // For vectors (arrays)

using namespace std;


struct RoomStruct
{
    // The room the player is currently in, and its interactive objects.
    string roomName;
    string size;
    bool rustyKeyIn;
    bool goldKeyIn;
    bool copperKeyIn;
    bool torchIn;
    bool toyIn;
    bool leverIn;
    bool oldCheeseIn;
    bool toyBoxIn;
    bool skeletonIn;
    bool ghostIn;
}

Would anyone be able to figure out what's wrong, because as far as I can tell (and by checking other adventure game scripts) this should be working.

EDIT: I'm a massive idiot. I stuck a single semicolon after the } at the very end of the header and it now runs fine. Sorry for wasting your time everyone...

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5671

Answers (4)

egur
egur

Reputation: 7960

You're missing a semicolon at the end of the struct definition - last line of header file

Upvotes: 0

Vlad from Moscow
Vlad from Moscow

Reputation: 310950

I think you did not show all the header. It seems that the problem is in the header because there is no any syntaxical error in the enum definition.

Try to compile the program having this header and empty main function.

EDIT: You forgot to place a semicolon after a structure definition.

Upvotes: 1

tabstop
tabstop

Reputation: 1761

struct definitions need to end in semicolons (that is, after the last curly brace).

Upvotes: 1

user34537
user34537

Reputation:

You forgot the ; after the } in RoomStruct. 

#define HEADER_H
#include <iostream> // For cin and cout
#include <string> // For strings
#include <vector> // For vectors (arrays)

using namespace std;


struct RoomStruct
{
    // The room the player is currently in, and its interactive objects.
    string roomName;
    string size;
    bool rustyKeyIn;
    bool goldKeyIn;
    bool copperKeyIn;
    bool torchIn;
    bool toyIn;
    bool leverIn;
    bool oldCheeseIn;
    bool toyBoxIn;
    bool skeletonIn;
    bool ghostIn;
};  //<---------------------------------

-edit- in C you can write struct RoomStruct {int a, b; } room1, room2; so whats happening in your code is it thinks you're trying to declare a variable called enum which is a reserved keyword

semicolons are the source of a lot of problems. When in doubt check if you forgot a semicolon!

Upvotes: 2

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