Need help with templates

Hi. I'm trying to run a very simple program, using templates, which can do 2 things: sort an array, or reverse its elements. When I execute it, I get part of the answer, but also some weird numbers and/or letters. Any help much appreciated! (Oh, I'm using Microsoft Visual studio C++ 6)

This is my .h file:

Code:

#ifndef TEMPLATE_H
#define TEMPLATE_H


template <class ANYTYPE>
class TEMPLATE
{
	public:
		void Sort(ANYTYPE x[]);
		void Reverse(ANYTYPE x[]);
};


#endif

This is my source.cpp file

Code:

template <class ANYTYPE>
void TEMPLATE<ANYTYPE>::Sort(ANYTYPE x[])
{
	ANYTYPE i, j, imax;
	ANYTYPE tempsortarray;

	for(j = 4; j >= 2; j--)
	{
		imax = 0;
		for(i = 0; i < j; i++)
		{
			if(x[i] > x[imax])
			{imax = i;}
		}

		tempsortarray = x[imax];
		x[imax] = x[j-1];
		x[j-1] = tempsortarray;
	    cout << x[i] << " ";
	}
}



template <class ANYTYPE>
void TEMPLATE<ANYTYPE>::Reverse(ANYTYPE x[])
{
	ANYTYPE tempsortarray;
	for(ANYTYPE i = 0; i < 4/2; i++)
	{
		tempsortarray = x[i];
		x[i] = x[4 - i - 1];
		x[4 - i - 1] = tempsortarray;
	    cout << x[i] << " ";
	}
}

This is my main.cpp file

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "Template.h"
#include "Templatesource.cpp"

int main()
{
	TEMPLATE <int> x_int;
	TEMPLATE <char> y_char;
	TEMPLATE <float> z_float;
	int a[4]={8, 6, 4, 2};
	int b[4]={1, 3, 5, 7};
	char c[4]={'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'};
	char d[4]={'l', 'm', 'n', 'o'};
	float e[4]={1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5};
    float f[4]={6.9, 7.9, 8.9, 9.9};

	x_int.Sort(a);
    y_char.Reverse(c);
	
	return 0;
}

didnt even look at the code. You have it split into three files. Your compiler will not be able to find the template definitions. Dont split the defs from the decs. i.e. put all the template code in the .h file then see if it compiles.

Actually, that's the way I'm supposed to do it, I'm afraid I don't have an option there. But anyway, it DOES compile and it DOES run, I just get some weird numbers along with the output, as I'm forgetting to initialize something. It shows correct results, and then some weird numbers.

A couple things. The first is that many compilers don't like template declarations/definitions in different files, so you might want to try put them into the same (header) file. Also, all of your index variables are of the type specified by the template, but in reality, they should all simply be ints. Probably not the cause of your problem, but it would definitely cause errors if you used this class with floats, or your own classes for example.