Whenever i declare an enum, it won't compile

Question

Whenever I declare an enum, it simply won't compile. My code looks like this:

private enum race {HUMAN, ORC, GOBLIN, UNDEAD}

// The name of the player
string playerName;

// The Health Points of the player. Is to be modified  a LOT. Keep that in mind!
int HP = 100;

// Made to test if the name chosen i the right one
bool nameIsRight = false;

cout("Hello fair traveler!\n\n");
cout("It has come to my knowledge, that you, a puny warrior, is up for the challenge, that is killing the dragon\n\n");

cout("Our records seems to be damaged. What was your name again?\n\n");
cout("Enter your name: ");

// Sets playerName equal to the line entered by the player, turned into a string to prevent errors
playerName = Console.ReadLine().ToString();

cout("\n");

do
{
    string test;
    cout("Are you sure that is the right name? (y/n)\n");
    test = Console.ReadLine();
    cout("\n");
    if (test.ToLower() == "y")
    {
        nameIsRight = true;
    }
    else if (test.ToLower() == "n")
    {
        cout("What is your name then?\n");
        playerName = Console.ReadLine();
    }
    cout("\n");
} while (nameIsRight == false);

cout("So, your name is " + playerName + "? That is a name i haven't heard in a long time!\n\n");
cout("Just for the record, we need your race. Hope you don't mind telling it again.\n\n");
cout("1: Human\n\n2: ");

Error 1 } expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 12 10 simpleRPGConsole

Error 2 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 25 13 simpleRPGConsole

Error 3 Type expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 25 18 simpleRPGConsole

Error 4 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 26 13 simpleRPGConsole

Error 5 Type expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 26 18 simpleRPGConsole

Error 6 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 28 13 simpleRPGConsole

Error 7 Type expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 28 18 simpleRPGConsole

Error 8 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 29 13 simpleRPGConsole

Error 9 Type expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 29 18 simpleRPGConsole

Error 10 Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 32 24 simpleRPGConsole

Error 11 Invalid token '(' in class, struct, or interface member declaration C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 32 42 simpleRPGConsole

Error 12 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 32 45 simpleRPGConsole

Error 13 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 34 13 simpleRPGConsole

Error 14 Type expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 34 18 simpleRPGConsole

Error 15 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 39 17 simpleRPGConsole

Error 16 Type expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 39 22 simpleRPGConsole

Error 17 Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 40 22 simpleRPGConsole

Error 18 Invalid token '(' in class, struct, or interface member declaration C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 40 40 simpleRPGConsole

Error 19 Method must have a return type C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 41 17 simpleRPGConsole

Error 20 Type expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 41 22 simpleRPGConsole

Error 21 Invalid token '(' in class, struct, or interface member declaration C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 42 33 simpleRPGConsole

Error 22 Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 44 33 simpleRPGConsole

Error 23 A namespace cannot directly contain members such as fields or methods C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 46 17 simpleRPGConsole

Error 24 A namespace cannot directly contain members such as fields or methods C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 52 15 simpleRPGConsole

Error 25 Type or namespace definition, or end-of-file expected C:\Users\Herbstein\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\simpleRPGConsole\simpleRPGConsole\Program.cs 57 9 simpleRPGConsole

What should i do to help this? I don't wanna make something like this without enums!

Herbstein

Answer 1

You're not showing the entire code, but your enum appears to be in the middle of a function. Don't do that.

Also, your methods need to be in a class. Check out some good examples.

Also, cout doesn't exist in C# - that's a C++ thing, and you're not using it right in any language. C# uses Console.WriteLine.

namespace MyApp
{
    // Every method (function) must be in a class
    class MyProgram
    {
        // This is where code execution begins
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!");

            string playerName = GetPlayerName();
        }

        static string GetPlayerName()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Some cliche narrative here. Name?");

            return Console.ReadLine();
        }

        // We can also make nested class/struct/enum definitions that are
        // "private" to the containing class.
        private enum APrivateEnum { Foo, Bar }
    }

    enum Race { Human, Orc, Goblin, Undead }
}

Answer 2

Try define the enum outside of a method.