Need help figuring out compile error.

I'm getting a compile error complaining that it 'can't call a member function of 'a' without an object.'

Here's the code I believe it's related to...
In header file a.h
class a{
private:
stuff.....
public:
a * functionx(args....);
}


In source code a.cpp
I include header file
then try to call

a *const b = a::funtionx(args.....)

Any idea why the compiler is complaining about the call in a.cpp?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

because you are not calling it through an object. To call a nonstatic member function you need an object and you dont have one.

well that didnt tell you much more than the error so heres one way of fixing it...

a Mya;
a*const b=Mya.functionx(ARGS);

Thanks Stoned! That cleared it up and was a great help.