Class member function not recognized??

Hi everybody, recently I've been working on getting a simple gravity program where a spaceship orbits around a sun going, I've almost completed it but I've hit a roadblock.

Whenever I compile it says

13 C:\Dev-Cpp\Mission Space rev2\C-SpaceShip.cpp expected `;' before '(' token

and that

29 C:\Dev-Cpp\Mission Space rev2\Body.cpp 'class SpaceShip' has no member named 'Update'

I know it something very simple that's wrong with the function Update in my class, can anyone help me figure it out?

Code:

#include "math.h"
class SpaceShip
{
      public:
             long int mass;
             int locX;
             int locY;
             int imageheight;
             int imagewidth;
             long int velocityX;
             long int velocityY;             
             SDL_Rect dest, source;
             int Update (Planet *pEarth, SDL_Surface *Red, SDL_Surface *screen)
             {
                           int distance;
                           int forceX;
                           int forceY;
                           long int masses;
                           long int GravVector;
                           long int accelX;
                           long int accelY;
                           distance = sqrt(((*pEarth.dest.x - locX * *pEarth.dest.x - locX) + (*pEarth.dest.y - locY * *pEarth.dest.y - locY))); // this is the distance formula
                           forceX = distance * distance;//these lines are used to square distance
                           distance = forceX;//this is also
                           forceX = 0;//this is the last one
                           masses = (*pEarth.mass * mass);
                           GravVector = masses/distance;//distance is already squared here
                           forceX = GravVector/(*pEarth.dest.x - locX);//normalizes vector into x and y forces instead of vector force, GravVector is a force.
                           forceY = GravVector/(*pEarth.dest.y - locY);
                           accelX = forceX/mass;
                           accelY = forceY/mass;
                           velocityX = velocityX + accelX;//velocity is part of class data not definded in this function
                           velocityY = velocityY + accelY;
                           dest.x = dest.x + velocityX;
                           dest.y = dest.y + velocityY;
                           BlitSurface(Red,source,screen,dest);
                           SDL_UpdateRect(dest.x,dest.y,dest.w,dest.h);
                           return 0;
                           }; 
             SpaceShip(int parmass, int locationX, int locationY, int parimageW, int parimageH )
             {
                           velocityX = 0;
                           velocityY = 0;     
                           mass = parmass;
                           locY = locationY;
                           locX = locationX;
                           imageheight = parimageH;
                           imagewidth = parimageW;
                           
                           dest.x = locX;
                           dest.y = locY;
                           dest.h = imageheight;
                           dest.w = imagewidth;
                           
                           source.x = 0;
                           source.y = 0;
                           source.h = imageheight;
                           source.w = imagewidth;
                           return;
                           }
             
                           };//end of class

I see some non-standard types in there. What's in "math.h"?
If SDL_Rect, Planet, SDL_Surface... aren't defined in "math.h" then you forgot to #include the appropriate headers.

Code:

             int Update (Planet *pEarth, SDL_Surface *Red, SDL_Surface *screen)
             {
                           int distance;
                           int forceX;
                           int forceY;
                           long int masses;
                           long int GravVector;
                           long int accelX;
                           long int accelY;
                           distance = sqrt(((*pEarth.dest.x - locX * *pEarth.dest.x - locX) + (*pEarth.dest.y - locY * *pEarth.dest.y - locY))); // this is the distance formula
                           forceX = distance * distance;//these lines are used to square distance
                           distance = forceX;//this is also
                           forceX = 0;//this is the last one
                           masses = (*pEarth.mass * mass);
                           GravVector = masses/distance;//distance is already squared here
                           forceX = GravVector/(*pEarth.dest.x - locX);//normalizes vector into x and y forces instead of vector force, GravVector is a force.
                           forceY = GravVector/(*pEarth.dest.y - locY);
                           accelX = forceX/mass;
                           accelY = forceY/mass;
                           velocityX = velocityX + accelX;//velocity is part of class data not definded in this function
                           velocityY = velocityY + accelY;
                           dest.x = dest.x + velocityX;
                           dest.y = dest.y + velocityY;
                           BlitSurface(Red,source,screen,dest);
                           SDL_UpdateRect(dest.x,dest.y,dest.w,dest.h);
                           return 0;
                           }; 

Not sure if that's your only problem, but there should be no semicolin there. (Unless I'm missing something and Update() and SpaceShip() are two seperate classes.)

If my counting isn't too far off,

Code:

SDL_Rect dest, source;

is line 12 - usuall when it says "missing semicolon", there is something wrong with the line(s) before the error, and the reason the compiler says missing semicolon is just that it's "derailed"[1]. I think cpjust is on the right track: SDL types are not declared, so the compiler doesn't know what SDL_Rect is, and from then on, it's just confused and can't figure out what's going on.

Blackroot: The semicolon there is harmless - it's not needed, but it's allowed.

[1] I use the term "derailed", but "took the wrong turning" may be a better analogy. If you think of it like someone giving you directions, something like "Turn right at the big tree, then the second left, etc, etc". Unfortunately, unknown to the director, the big tree was taken down last night, so you miss the turning to the right, and turn right another mile down the road (at a differnet tree). Of course, now any further instructions would probably get you even more lost than you already are, and the further you go, the more confusing it gets. Likewise, the compiler is looking for certain "landmarks". If it misses one landmark [because it doesn't understand what is going on], it just gets even more confusing as it goes along - although sometimes it sort of gets back to the right track for a while, and then things go horribly wrong again.

--
Mats

Originally Posted by Blackroot

Not sure if that's your only problem, but there should be no semicolin there.

The semi-colon is allowed "there" although it is optional and may be removed.

The problem, as cpjust has noted, is probably related to usage of types that have not been defined (SDL_Rect, etc). And "math.h" should be either <math.h> or <cmath>, although some compilers will resolve a "math.h" header by looking in system locations.