function call question?

Greetings,
I have a question as to whether this statement can be used to call the function Calculate(). I compile it and it has errors by any chance does anyone else able to call the function or yet? Pls respond...

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

void Calculate(double a, double & b,
                          int m, int &k, int & n, char &c);

int main()
{
         
        const double PI = 3.14159;
        const int TWO = 2;
        const char INITIAL = 'N';

        int month, day, year, p, q;
        double hours, rate, amount, u, v;
        char code, dept;

}

Calculate(13, hours, PI, 13, year, dept);

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You need to define the function like you have done with main, using {}.

You also cannot call a function at file scope, the call itself must be inside of another function. Though this may be a typo.

-Prelude

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You also cannot call a function at file scope, the call itself must be inside of another function. Though this may be a typo

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I have typed it exactly from the textbook but its puzzlling to me because of all the different undeclared variables and it even has a redifition. I am confused to what it means by can I use it to call the function. My answer would be yes, you can call it, right. You can't run it because the compiler comes up with the different errors.
pls explain.
;)

You got that from a book? :eek:

Well, there are plenty of problems, like not using standard headers, calling a function in file scope, oodles of unused variables, one really stupid macro, and trying to pass constant values to a function as a reference parameter. This is a bit better:

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

const double PI = 3.14159;
const char INITIAL = 'N';
const int TWO = 2; // Awful, awful name. What's the point of this macro?

void Calculate(double a, double &b, double m, int k, int &n, char &c);

int main()
{
  int year;
  double hours;
  char dept;
 
  Calculate(13.0, hours, PI, 13, year, dept);
 
  return 0;
}

// Definition of Calculate goes here

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What exactly was the book trying to accomplish with this code?

-Prelude

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What exactly was the book trying to accomplish with this code?

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It asks me if it can call that function Calculate or not? That's it!

I was wondering that myself since I could not compile it without the rest of the code inside that function, missing undeclared variables, etc.. as you mentioned.

Thanks for all your help!
:D

>It asks me if it can call that function Calculate or not? That's it!
Oh, in that case no, not as written.

-Prelude

again Thanks Prelude!
;)