simple class error

[kovan]

i get error that sayis 'Person' undelcared identifier
and aslo that left of all my functions/routines
that i "must have class/struct/union type"

anyone could help, would greatly appreciated it

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(void)
{
	
	Person Kovan;
	Kovan.SetName("Kovan");
	Kovan.SetAge(20);
	Kovan.SayAge();
	Kovan.SayName();
	Kovan.Greeting1();
	Kovan.GoodBye();

	
	int retval;	
	cin >> retval;
	return retval;
}

class Person
{
	public:
		void SetName(char* chrName);
		void SetAge(int Age);
		char* GetName();

		void Greeting1();
		void SayName();
		void GoodBye();
		void SayAge();

	private:
		char* pName;
		unsigned int pAge;
};

void Person::SetAge (int Age){

	pAge = Age;

}

void Person::SetName(char* chrName)
{
	pName = chrName;
}

char* Person::GetName()
{

	return pName;
}

void Person::Greeting1() 
{
	cout << "hi there how are you doing?" << endl;
}

void Person::SayName()
{
	cout << pName << endl;
}

void Person::GoodBye()
{
	cout << "See Ya Later" << endl;
}

void Person::SayAge()
{
	cout << pAge << endl;
}

[Vlatko]

Put the class and the functions before the main function.This works great.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


class Person
{
	public:
		void SetName(char* chrName);
		void SetAge(int Age);
		char* GetName();

		void Greeting1();
		void SayName();
		void GoodBye();
		void SayAge();

	private:
		char* pName;
		unsigned int pAge;
};

void Person::SetAge (int Age){

	pAge = Age;

}

void Person::SetName(char* chrName)
{
	pName = chrName;
}

char* Person::GetName()
{

	return pName;
}

void Person::Greeting1() 
{
	cout << "hi there how are you doing?" << endl;
}

void Person::SayName()
{
	cout << pName << endl;
}

void Person::GoodBye()
{
	cout << "See Ya Later" << endl;
}

void Person::SayAge()
{
	cout << pAge << endl;
}


int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
Person Kovan;
	Kovan.SetName("Kovan");
	Kovan.SetAge(20);
	Kovan.SayAge();
	Kovan.SayName();
	Kovan.Greeting1();
	Kovan.GoodBye();

	
	int retval;	
	cin >> retval;
	return retval;

}

[kovan]

hehe

that really does make sense doesnt it?

what if i put all those functions and the class into a .H file..
if i use the #include..
will that automatically put them before main() or do i need to do somethign special?
becuase if i remember correctly i tried to put them in a file a while ago and i use to get same error..

thanks anyways for the help
i will try that out

[HarryW]

Sticking the class definition in a header file is a pretty standard use for header files I think.

[parksie]

Although don't put the code into the header, split it into another .cpp file, as in:

-- Person.h --

#ifndef __PERSON_H__
#define __PERSON_H__

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class Person {
public:
	void SetName(char* chrName);
	void SetAge(int Age);
	char* GetName();

	void Greeting1();
	void SayName();
	void GoodBye();
	void SayAge();

private:
	char* pName;
	unsigned int pAge;
};

#endif // __PERSON_H__

...and...
-- Person.cpp --

#include "Person.h"

void Person::SetAge (int Age) {

	pAge = Age;

}

void Person::SetName(char* chrName) {
	pName = chrName;
}

char* Person::GetName() {

	return pName;
}

void Person::Greeting1() {
	cout << "hi there how are you doing?" << endl;
}

void Person::SayName() {
	cout << pName << endl;
}

void Person::GoodBye() {
	cout << "See Ya Later" << endl;
}

void Person::SayAge() {
	cout << pAge << endl;
}

[kovan]

my bad
i meant another .cpp