Odd error

I feel as if I have correctly setup my pointer and addresses within te arguments, but that's more than likely where I'm going wrong.

Quick question: Do you need the text object to be a pointer in the prototype of fadeMessage also?

Code:

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <time.h>
#include <string>


using namespace std;


void fadeMessage(sf::Text *text, unsigned int length);


int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(1000, 450), "Tpyor");
    window.setFramerateLimit(60);


    sf::Text text("Welcome to my game.", sf::Font::getDefaultFont(), 36);
    fadeMessage(sf::Text &text, 200);


    while(window.isOpen()){
        sf::Event event;
        while(window.pollEvent(event)){
            if(event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }


        window.clear();
        window.draw(text);
        window.display();
    }


    return 0;
}


//text object, effect length (max 255)
void fadeMessage(sf::Text *text, unsigned int length){
    *text.setString("worked");
}

Error:

Code:

C:\Users\Justin\Desktop\Logic\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
C:\Users\Justin\Desktop\Logic\main.cpp|15|error: expected primary-expression before '&' token|
C:\Users\Justin\Desktop\Logic\main.cpp||In function 'void fadeMessage(sf::Text*, unsigned int)':|
C:\Users\Justin\Desktop\Logic\main.cpp|34|error: request for member 'setString' in 'text', which is of non-class type 'sf::Text*'|
||=== Build finished: 2 errors, 0 warnings ===|

fadeMessage(sf::Text &text, 200);

&text would have been fine. This looks like a reference declaration, which is not possible in this context and confused the compiler.

*text.setString("worked");

Use the arrow operator:
text->setString("worked"); equivalent to (*text).setString("worked");
Yes, the parens matter.

Thank you! Simple mistakes on my part. ^.^

Revised and working code:

Code:

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>




using namespace std;




void fadeMessage(sf::Text *text, int length);


int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(1000, 450), "Tpyor");
    window.setFramerateLimit(60);




    sf::Text text("Welcome to my game.", sf::Font::getDefaultFont(), 36);
    fadeMessage(&text, 200);




    while(window.isOpen()){
        sf::Event event;
        while(window.pollEvent(event)){
            if(event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }




        window.clear();
        window.draw(text);
        window.display();
    }




    return 0;
}




//text object, effect length (max 255)
void fadeMessage(sf::Text *text, int length){
    while(length > 0){
        length--;
        cout << "text->setColor(sf::Color(255,255,255,(" << length << ")));" << endl;
        text->setColor(sf::Color(255,255,255,length));
    }
}