cannot access private member

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I have this definition in my template class:

template <class cell>
ostream & operator << (ostream & o, const grid<cell> g)
{
	for (unsigned short r = 0; r < g.maxrows; r++)
	{
		for (unsigned short c = 0; c < g.maxcols; c++)
		{
			o << g.lattice[r][c];
		}
		o << endl;
	}
	return o;
}

maxrows is in the protected section of class decleration. I'm assuming I get the Can not access private members because I used g.maxrows(cols) and g.lattice. But if I take the g. off it says undeclared. This is cause its a friend and not a direct member of the class?

What can I do to get around this? I need to use maxrows and maxcols of the grid type and output info in lattice[r][c].

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