Thread: Problem with a function....scope

Ok, I should probably just wait and look at it again tomorrow before posting this because I know I should be able to figure it out. But.......

I get the error " 'fail' undeclared " It is declared in the extract_fails function and I realize it is out of scope in main() but I can't figure out to get it to work. Shouldn't I be able to reference it somehow. I have posted only the extract_fails() and the relevent portion of main(). If more is needed, I'll post the rest.

Thanks. I hope my question is clear...I'm getting cross-eyed.

Code:

// include files........

vector<Student_info> extract_fails(vector<Student_info>& students)

{
 vector<Student_info> pass, fail;
 vector<Student_info> students;

 for (vector<Student_info>::size_type i = 0;
                   i != students.size(); ++i)
  if (fgrade(students[i]))
     fail.push_back(students[i]);
  else
      pass.push_back(students[i]);

 students = pass;
 return fail;
}



int main()
{
 // more code here (students and grades being entered)


  extract_fails(students);

 vector<Student_info> fail;  //edit: oops.  not in the code
 for (int i = 0; i != fail.size(); ++i)        //list failing students
     cout << endl << fail[i].name;



system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}