Thread: no match for 'operator>>'

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    no match for 'operator>>'

    I'm having some trouble with the below section of code. I'm not sure what the problem is with the >>. Any help would be great.

    vector.cpp: In member function 'void employee::loadEmployee(std::ifstream&)':
    vector.cpp:51: error: no match for 'operator>>' in 'fin >> ((employee*)this)->employee::surname'
    vector.cpp:52: error: no match for 'operator>>' in 'fin >> ((employee*)this)->employee::hourlyRate'
    vector.cpp:53: error: no match for 'operator>>' in 'fin >> ((employee*)this)->employee::empNumber'

    Code:
          void loadEmployee(ifstream &fin) {
             fin >> surname;
             fin >> hourlyRate;
             fin >> empNumber;
          }
    Full code:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <iomanip>
    #include <string>
    #include <vector>
    
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    class employee
    {
       /* Employee class to contain employee data
       */
       
       private:
          string surname;
          double hourlyRate;
         int empNumber;
         
       public:
          employee() {
             hourlyRate = -1;
             empNumber = -1;
             surname = "";
          }
          
          employee(const employee &other) :
             surname(other.surname),
             hourlyRate(other.hourlyRate),
             empNumber(other.empNumber)
          {
             // copy constructor
          }
          
          void setEmployee(const string &name, double rate, int num) { 
             surname = name;
             hourlyRate = rate;
             empNumber = num;
          }
          
          const string& getSurname() const {
             return surname;
          }
          
          void printEmployee() {
             cout << fixed << setprecision(2);
             cout << setw(20) << left << surname << setw(4) << empNumber << "  " << hourlyRate << "\n";
          }
          
          void loadEmployee(ifstream &fin) {
             fin >> surname;
             fin >> hourlyRate;
             fin >> empNumber;
          }
          
    };
          
    void swap(vector<employee> employees, int a, int b);
    void sortEmployees(vector<employee> &employees);
    void printEmployees(const vector<employee> &employees);
    void loadEmployees(vector<employee> &employees, const char *file);
    
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
       vector employees;
    
       if (argc != 2) {
          cout << "Syntax : employee employeefile\n";
          return 0;
       }
    
       loadEmployees(employees, argv[1]);
       printEmployees(employees);
       sortEmployees(employees);
       printEmployees(employees);
    
       return 0;
    }
    
    void loadEmployees(vector<employee> &employees, const char *file)
    {
       ifstream fin;
       employee emp;
       
       fin.open(file);
       if (!fin) {
          cout << "Unable to read from " << file << "\n";
          exit(0);
       }
       
       while (!fin.eof()) {
          emp.loadEmployee(fin);
          employees.push_back(emp);
       }
       fin.close();   
    }
    
    void printEmployees(const vector<employee> &employees)
    {
       unsigned int i;
    
       for (i=0; i<employees.size(); i++) {
          employees[i].printEmployee();
       }
       printf("\n");
    }
    
    void swap(vector<employee> employees, int a, int b)
    {
       employee temp(employees[a]);
    
       employees[a] = employees[b];
       employees[b] = temp;
    }
    
    void sortEmployees(vector<employee> &employees)
    {
       /* use selection sort to order employees, 
          in employee name order
       */
    
       int number = employees.size();
       int inner, outer, max;
    
       for (outer=number-1; outer>0; outer--)
       {
          // run though array number of times
          max = 0;
          for (inner=1; inner<=outer; inner++)
          {
             // find alphabeticaly largest surname
             if (employees[inner].getSurname() > employees[max].getSurname())
                max = inner;
          }
          if (max != outer)
          {
             // swap largest with last element in array
             swap(employees, max, outer);
          }
       }
    }

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    Have you included fstream somewhere else?
    #include <fstream>

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    And I'm an idiot.

    Thanks.

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    using eof to control loop - is not good - read FAQ

    you should change your loadEmployee function to be like that:

    Code:
    ifstream& loadEmployee(ifstream &fin) {
             return fin >> surname >> hourlyRate >> empNumber;
          }
    and the reading loop to be like

    Code:
    while (emp.loadEmployee(fin))
    {
          employees.push_back(emp);
    }
    otherwise - your read operation could fail - and you still add the garbage value to collection, and only after that -you were checking the state of the stream

    Also - if the stream format is incorrect you with your current code could enter the infinite loop
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
    – David J. Wheeler

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