confused........

hello everyone,

I'm working on this project about using input/output files, and I got this long compile error that I don't understand.....

could anyone give me some insights??

Thanks so much!!

here are the errors and part of the code

errors:


prog4.cc: In function `int main()':
prog4.cc:51: no match for `_IO_ostream_withassign & >> string &'
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3
/std/bastring.cc:434: candidates are: class istream & operator >><char, string_c
har_traits<char>, __default_alloc_template<false,0> >(istream &, basic_string<ch
ar,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_templa te<false,0> > &)
prog4.cc:57: parse error before `,'
prog4.cc:59: no match for `ostream & >> string &'
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3
/std/bastring.cc:434: candidates are: class istream & operator >><char, string_c
har_traits<char>, __default_alloc_template<false,0> >(istream &, basic_string<ch
ar,string_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_templa te<false,0> > &)
prog4.cc: In function `float CalculatePremium(int, char, basic_string<char,strin
g_char_traits<char>,__default_alloc_template<false ,0> >)':
prog4.cc:86: ANSI C++ forbids comparison between pointer and integer
prog4.cc:182: ANSI C++ forbids comparison between pointer and integer

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;


float CalculatePremium (int age, char gender, string type_coverage); 	
				//function prototype

int main()
{
  string first_name;            //declare string variable first name
  string last_name;             //declare string variable last name
  string gender;                //declare string variable gender
  int age;                      //declare int variable age
  string type_coverage;         //declare string variable type of coverage
  string club_member;		//declare string variable health club member
  string smoker;		//declare string variable smoker
  int zip_code;                 //declare int variable zip code
  int premium;			//declare int variable premium

  ifstream inFile;		//declare file streams
  ofstream outFile;
  inFile.open("inputdata");	//opens the file 
  if(!inFile)
  {
    cout << "Input file failed!" << endl;
    return 1;			//terminates the program if input fails
  }
 
  
  inFile >> first_name >> last_name >> gender >> age >> type_coverage >> 
  club_member >> smoker >> zip_code; 	//assigns input values from inFile
  
  cout >> first_name >> last_name >> gender >> age >> type_coverage >> 
  club_member >> smoker >> zip_code; 	//echos the input on the monitor
  
  while (inFile)			//looping in capturing & processing input data
  {
    premium = CalculatePremium (int age, char gender, string type_coverage);
    outFile << first_name >> last_name >> type_coverage >> zip_code 
    >> premium ; 			//output premium to file "output" 
    
    inFile >> first_name >> last_name >> gender >> age >> type_coverage >> 
    club_member >> smoker >> zip_code; 	//assigns input values to inFile

    outFile.open("output");		//creates output data
  }
  outFile.open("output");
  if(!outFile)
  {
    cout << "Output file failed!" << endl;
    return 1;			//terminates the program if output fials
  }
}

>> - This means in.
<< - This means out.

They are not interchangeable. These are the biggest problems, I have no doubt that you can find the rest, the other error messages are quite straightforward.

-Prelude

Hi Prelude,

Thanks so much for the post.... once again I got thrown off by the long complicated error messages that I didn't even realize I had the < > signs switched...

I do have other questions though, what does the error message mean by "pointer"? And is there any index/appendix somewhere that I could find a glossary of common error codes?

Thanks so much!

as for the sign switch prob...try to copy and paste as least you could, errors like that tend to come up...

as for the pointer errors, you are doing an illegal comparison within your function, which i assume is under main...

error messages are dependent on errors and are usually self explanatory, also, compiler differences come into play with how the error message may be worded...

alpha, thanks for the post...

I've been looking for a better editor than pico that will show line number for each line of codes so it will be much easier for me to debug since the program is getting bigger and bigger and I can't sit there counting lines...

are there any out there that comes with the regular Micorsoft programs?? I'm using this book by Dale and Weems:

"Programming and Problem Solving with C++, 3rd edition" and it comes with a disk. I downloaded and tried to use the editor and it doesn't have the line number either... (I won't be suprised to know that I'm missing something again )

Or are there some good editors out there are free for downloading from teh internet??

Thanks so much, this board has been a great help for a biginer like me........

you could try bloodshed dev-c++, www.bloodshed.net

or quincy, i use quincy2000, www.alstevens.com/quincy.html