Error LNK2019 and Fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

Hello,

I've been trying to find a solution to this problem, but none of them have worked so far. I know which line of code is causing the error, but not how to stop it.

I google searched for a solution, and tryed a bunch of things, such as making sure my program was a 32console application, and I was calling the header file correctly, as well as trying to find what it was that wasn't linking, but I don't have a lot of experiance, and whatever I'm missing, I can't seem to find it.


Error Message:

1>------ Build started: Project: annoting, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl Equation(char)" (?Equation@@YAHD@Z) referenced in function _main
1>C:\Users\User\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\annoting\Debug\annoting.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

main.cpp

Code:

 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <conio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include "functions.h"
using namespace std;
typedef struct node{
 int num1, num2;
 int data;
 node *next;
};

int Equation(char oper);
int main(){
 int enemies=30, age, result, guess, score=0;
 string username;
 char mode;
 node *head=NULL;
 node *temp;
 temp=(node*)malloc(sizeof(node));
 cout<<"Please enter your first name: \t";
 cin>>username;
 cout<<"Please enter your age: \t";
 cin>>age;
 mode =1;
 int i=enemies;
 while(i>0){
  temp->data=Equation(mode);//This is the line I have to take out inorder for the code to compile.
  temp->next=head;
  head=temp;
  i--;
 }
 
 cin>>guess;
 temp=temp->next;
 result=temp->data;
 if(guess==result){
  enemies=enemies-1;
  score=score+1;
  cout<<"\nThere are "<<enemies<<" enemies left!\n\tYour score is "<<score<<"!\n";
 }
 else{
  cout<<"\nThe correct answer was "<<result<<"\n";
 }
 _getch();
 return 0;
}

Functions.cpp

Code:

 
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <time.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include "functions.h"
using namespace std;
 
int demon::Equation(char oper){
 int int_1, int_2, result;
   srand(time(NULL));
   int_1=1+rand()%5;
   int_2=1+rand()%5;
   if(oper='1'){
    result = int_1+int_2;
    cout<<int_1<<"+"<<int_2<<"=\t";
   }
   else{
    result = int_1-int_2;
    cout<<int_1<<"-"<<int_2<<"=\t";
   }
   return result;
}

functions.h

Code:

#ifndef Guy_H_
#define Guy_H_
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <conio.h>
#include <time.h>
using namespace std;

class Guy{
 protected:
  bool live;
 public:
  int distance;
};
class demon: public Guy{
 private:
  int answer;
  char oper;
 public:
  int Equation(char oper);
};
#endif

I am running Microsoft Visual Studios 2010 Express

Any ideas of what might be causing the problem would help. Thank you.

You've only implemented
int demon::Equation(char oper)

Not
::Equation(char oper)

What are your demon and Guy classes for?

Oh, okay. I'm not sure what the difference between int demon::Equation(char oper) and ::Equation(char oper) are though. I guess I'll try it out and see.

I'm supposed to use inheritance classes for the project I'm working on, so what I'm trying to do is have Guy class to be the parent class to two other classes, demon and angel. and then the angel kills the demon class off. Though, I haven't gotten very far yet since I've been trying to fix this error.

Okay, I tryed adding ::Equation(char oper) to my function but I got the following error:


error C2039: 'Equation' : is not a member of '`global namespace''

I thought that since I'm using namespace std, I should put std::Equation(char oper)

But then I got:

error C2039: 'Equation' : is not a member of 'std'

Is there some other syntax I'm supposed to use?

Delete your classes and just implement

Code:

int Equation(char oper){
  // your code
}

Okay. That worked.

However, what is the method to using funtions in inheritance classes? I don't get any errors when I use them in regular classes, but for some reason when I use them in an iheritance class I get a whole bunch of errors and I can't seem to figure out how to fix them properly.

The most common thing I saw when searching for a solution looks pretty much the same as

Code:

ElementType ClassName::FunctionName(){
}

But, if I try to call it in my main function it can never find the function.

Nevermind my last post. I figuered out what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much for the help! =)

Are you supposed to use some linked list? If so, there is std::list.
Also, you have a habit of placing all your variables at the beginning of the function. Don't do that. Instead, declare them near first use. This is C++, after all.
Don't use malloc in C++ unless you have a good reason. However, at this stage of your career, you don't, so don't do it.
Also, all new must be matched with a delete (like malloc must be matched with free). Or you could just use a smart pointer. Google it. [Hint: std::shared_ptr, std::unique_ptr, std::weak_ptr]