Thread: class method inside cout fails

I created a class and when trying to print the result of a class method to the console my compiler says

Illegal operand types: The operands are of the wrong type, casting the operands to a different type.

The line it chokes on looks like this:

Code:

cout << "Your cat is " << mycat.getAge << " years old.";

This is where I am stumped. mycat is an instance of the class cat. The method getAge returns an int, so I can't see any reason for this peice of code not to work.

Here is the getAge method.

Code:

int cat::getAge(){
return age;
}

I'm new to C++, haveing an already solid grasp of C, trying to migrate towards C++.

Can anyone please lend a hand.

I made your change and it worked flawlesly. Im almost embarased I overlooked something so simple. I will remember to use parenthisies when calling methods from now on. Big thank you.