Thread: i cant get this program to work

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    i cant get this program to work

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    // program that uses switch statement to allow the user the choose what memeber //function to be tested
    
    
    #include<iostream>
    using namespace std;
    #include<vector>
    using std::vector;
    
    #include <iomanip>
    using std::setw;
    
    void pop_back();//removes the last element from vector
    void push_back(const T& x);//stores a value in the last element of the vector
    void resize ( size_type sz, T c = T() );//change the size of vector
    void clear();//clears vectore from all elements
    void reverse();//reverse the oreder of the element in vector
    void outputVector( const vector< int > & );
    void inputVector( vector< int > & );
    vector < int> integers (5); //vector declaration
    int  main()
    {
    int function;// switch statement variable
    
    
    cout <<"Size of vector integers is "<< integers.size()
            <<"\nvector after initialization" << endl;
         outputVector( integers );
     cout << "\nEnter 5 integers:"<< endl;
         inputVector( integers );
    
    cout <<"\nAfter input, the vectors contain:\n"
            <<"integers" << endl;
         outputVector( integers );
    cout<<" Enter a number to choose function\n";
       <<"1 to pop_back\n";
       <<"2 to push_back\n";
       <<"3 to resize\n;
       <<"4 to clear vector\n"
        <<"5 to reverse vectore"<<endl;
        cin>>function;
    while (function != EOF)
    {
    switch (function)
    {
    case 1:
    cout<<" the new vector is"<<integers.pop_back()<<endl;
    break;
    case 2:
    cout<<" the new vectore is"<<integers.push_back()<<endl;
    break;
    case 3:
    cout<<" the new vector is"<<integers.resize(7,11)<<endl;
    break;
    case 4:
    
    cout<<the  new vector is"<<integers.clear()<<endl;
    
    break;
    case 5:
    cout<<"the new vector is "<<integers.reverse()<<endl;
    break;
     default:
    cout<<"incorrect function number"
    <<"enter a new function number"<<endl;
    break;
    }//end switch
    }//end while
    return 0;
    }// end main
    
    void pop_back()
    {
    for( size_t i = 0; i < integers.size(); i++)
    {
    cout<<setw(12)<<integers[i];
    }
    }
    void push_back(const T& x)
    {
     for (size_t i =0; i < integers.size(); i++)
    {
    cout<<setw(12)<<integers.push_back(7);
    }
    }
    void clear()
    {
    for ( size_t i= 0; i < integers.size(); i++)
    {
    cout<<setw(12)<<integers.clear();
    }
    }
    void  resize( size_type sz, T c = T() )
    {
    for ( size_t i =0; i < integers.size(); i++)
    {
    cout<<setw(12)<<integers.resize(7,11);
    }
    }
    void reverse()
    {
    for(size_t i = 0; i<integers.size(); i++)
    {
    cout<<setw(12)<<integers.reverse();
    }
    }
    
    void outputVector( const vector< int > &array )
      {
         size_t i; // declare control variable
    
         for ( i = 0; i < array.size() ; i++ )
         {
            cout << setw( 12 ) << array[ i ] ;
    
            if (( i + 1 ) % 4 == 0 ) // 4 numbers per row of output
               cout << endl;
         } // end for
    
        if ( i % 4 != 0 )
           cout << endl;
    } // end function outputVector
    
     // input vector contents
    void inputVector( vector< int > &array )
     {
        for (  size_t i = 0; i < array.size(); i++ )
           cin >> array[ i ] ;
     } // end function inputVector

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    Learn how to ask a question. "I can't get this program to work" is not a question, it's a statement. Tell us what errors you're receiving, or if you're not receiving errors, what you expect this program to do and what it is doing instead.

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    here are the errors that i am getting


    vector.cpp:15: syntax error before `&' token
    vector.cpp:16: `size_type' was not declared in this scope
    vector.cpp:16: syntax error before `,' token
    vector.cpp: In function `int main()':
    vector.cpp:37: syntax error before `<<' token
    vector.cpp:39:6: warning: multi-line string literals are deprecated
    vector.cpp:39: stray '\' in program
    vector.cpp:40:26: warning: multi-line string literals are deprecated
    vector.cpp:41:28: warning: multi-line string literals are deprecated
    vector.cpp:48:26: warning: multi-line string literals are deprecated
    vector.cpp:51:27: warning: multi-line string literals are deprecated
    vector.cpp:54:26: warning: multi-line string literals are deprecated
    vector.cpp:61: case label `5' not within a switch statement

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    do you want to write template finctions of functions that work with integers?
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
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    /usr/include/c++/3.2.3/iomanip:128: std::basic_ostream<_CharT,
    _Traits>& std:perator<<(std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>&,
    std::_Setbase) [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>]
    what does this error mean?
    what i was trying to do is use the vector member functions as prototype am not sure if template that i wrote was correct. Then call these fuctions in main within the switch statement. i did fix the syntax errors but i keep getting them everytime i compile in addition to the above error.
    i apologize for not being clear from the beginning, this is my first time am using this site.

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    I think you are trying to print (using cout << ) things that aren't explicitly printable. You may be able to define a way to print them, but most likely, you don't really want to do what you've asked the compiler to do...

    For example:
    Code:
    integers.resize(7,11)
    is a void function - so how do you expect that to produce some sensible output?

    Code:
    cout<<setw(12)<<integers.reverse();
    There is no vector::reverse() function. There is a reverse algorithm that takes a pair of "start" and "end" iterators, but vectors do not have a reverse function [no need for it].

    You seem to have function prototypes for a number of functions that are actually part of std::vector - you do not need to declare those [and certainly not in the way you have done it].

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    can i use vector memebr function as prototype? i am getting confused on how to use those functions in a switch statement

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    I think you are confused about prototypes, first of all. Prototypes are declarations of functions, so that the compiler knows what arguments and result-type the function has.

    You can certainly use switch to select things to do on a vector, but printing a function that has a "void" result will never work - void (at least in this context) means "of no value" or "of no use", and you can't print something that is "of no value". So "cout << integers.resize(...)" will not work, ever! If you explain what you actually expect this to do, perhaps we can tell you how to achieve what you expect.

    And of course, you can not call member functions of a class, where there are no such member function - so integers.reverse() will also never compile. And no, you can't extend the vector class - it is not intended to be extended.

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    what i am expecting this program to do is to ask the user to input the vector then choose what function to be performed on this vector. so i was thinking to use switch statementto perform this task. Do i have to declare the functions outside main or not necessary? If you could give me an example of one function inside switch will be great help.
    Thank you

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    First of all, no, you do not need to declare functions at all in this case, except for the functions you yourself is defining (the input and output vector functions), since they are part of the vector class, which you have dragged in the declaration of by using the #include <vector> line.

    I don't see that calling functions in switch as the problem - the problem is that you are feeding things to cout that can not be printed. That has nothing to do with being inside a switch-statement. If you have problems with switch as such, then you probably should have a look at the tutorials section or chapter in the book that talks about switch statements.

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