Thread: Linker Error !!!!

I had written a program in C++, called Accounts.
Here Account is the base class and CA and SA the derived classes.

A function statement() is a virtual function in the base and redefined in each of the derived classes.

Code:

class Account  
{
private:
	int Acc;
	char name[20];
public:                                                     
	Account();
	Account(int);
	virtual ~Account();
    virtual void withdrawals(const float&) = 0;
	virtual float get_interest () const = 0;
	virtual void statement () const = 0;
	void print() const;
};

Redinitions in CA and SA are

Code:

void statement() const;

The code is different in each case.

The program compiles properly, but I get a linker error
Account.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __thiscall Account::statement(void)const " (?statement@Account@@UBEXXZ)
Debug/Accounts.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

The statement function is as follows

Code:

//in derived class CA (Current Account)
void CA::statement() const  
{
	print();
	float I;
	I = (*this).get_interest();
	cout <<"\n Type : Current Account";
	cout <<"\n Savings = "<<Savings;
	cout <<"\n Interest earned is "<<I;
	cout <<"\n Thanks";
}

//inderived class SA Savings Account
void SA::statement() const 
{
	print();
    float I;
	I = (*this).get_interest();
	cout <<"\n Type : Savings Account";
	cout <<"\n Savings = "<<Savings;
	cout <<"\n Interest earned is "<<I;
	cout <<"\n Savings (with Interest) = "<<Savings + I;
    cout <<"\n Thanks";
}

The print() function is defined in the base class

Code:

//print function in base class Account
void Account:: print() const
{
	cout << "\n A/C No. "<< Acc;
	cout <<"\n A/C holder: "<<name;
}

This print() function is not redefined in any derived class. i am at wits end trying to figure why I am getting this linker error (in compiles perfectly). I am using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0.

Could Someone please help ???

I think you need to post more code for us to help you, especially the derived classes declarations - including the Headers used in those declarations.

It's saying that it cannot find the implementation of the statement func() in the Account Obj. which is what should happen in Pure Virtuals but something may have gotten screwed up or maybe one of your derived classes is trying to call on that func() which doesn't exist in the base class.

You should sort through your derived class code - or rewrite your Base Class Account.

Thanks .... problem solved.

I added an implementation of the statement function in the base class (Account).

Code:

void Account::statement() const
{ }

Thanks for helping me understand what the linker was saying.

Originally posted by OneStiffRod
I think you need to post more code for us to help you, especially the derived classes declarations - including the Headers used in those declarations.

It's saying that it cannot find the implementation of the statement func() in the Account Obj. which is what should happen in Pure Virtuals but something may have gotten screwed up or maybe one of your derived classes is trying to call on that func() which doesn't exist in the base class.

You should sort through your derived class code - or rewrite your Base Class Account.

Good thing!!!

You could also change your (*this) pointers to the following:
instead of....

Code:

I = (*this).get_interest();

do this...

Code:

I = this->get_interest();

It's less typing and more clear.

Also, just make sure that your Derived classes work ok since that was a weird error to show up. Make sure that the derived classes really are calling their implementations of the statement() and not the Base class Accounts version.

= 0 is used to make the function a pure virtual.