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Reputation: 1573

Getting a scope error in Code::Blocks

This may or may not be an IDE-specific question.

So I made a project using Code::Blocks. In the project folder there's Main.cpp, Person.h, and Person.cpp:

// main.cpp
#include "Person.h"
int main()
{
    int x = 1, y = 2, z = 3;
    Person p = new Person(x, y, z);
}

I'm getting an error saying that Person and "p" were not declared in this scope. But I declared them in Person.h. I included the Person.h header file. So, the code that is there should be in Main, too, right?

Here are the contents of Person.h:

#ifndef PERSON_H
#define PERSON_H

class Person
{
     public: 
          Person();
          Person(int, int, int);
     private:
          int x, y, z;
};

#endif

Upvotes: 0

Views: 89

Answers (1)

HelloWorld123456789
HelloWorld123456789

Reputation: 5369

Write the constructor inside the class.

Person(int a, int b, int c)
{
  x=a;
  y=b;
  z=c;
}

And change

Person p = new Person(x, y, z);

to

Person p(x, y, z);  //if you just want to make an object p

or to

Person* p = new Person(x, y, z);  //if you want a pointer p to point to a Person object

//your code goes here

//But in this case, you will have to explicitly deallocate the space you've allocated for p
delete p;

Upvotes: 3

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