Thread: please help I cannot find the error in this library containing a struct and functions

Hello everyone, im new on the forums and I need a little bit of help for this programm (named ask4) that is calculating the distance of a point from (0,0), a point from another one and the area of a triangle. I have a problem with the libraries... (I think)

Point.c:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>
#include "Point.h"

struct POINT
{
    double x;
    double y;
};

void Display(Point *A)
{
    printf("%lf %lf\n",A->x,A->y);
}

double Distance(Point *p1)
{
    return sqrt(pow(p1->x,2)+pow(p1->y,2));
}

double Distance2(Point *p1, Point *p2)
{
    return sqrt(pow(p1->x - p2->x,2)+pow(p1->y - p2->y,2));
}

double Area(Point *p1, Point *p2, Point *p3)
{
    double t;
    t=(Distance2(p1,p2)+Distance2(p2,p3)+Distance2(p1,p3))/2;
    return sqrt(t*(t-Distance2(p1,p2))*(t-Distance2(p2,p3))*(t-Distance2(p1,p3)));
}

Point.h:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>

typedef struct POINT Point;

void Display(Point *);
double Distance(Point *);
double Distance2(Point *, Point *);
double Area(Point *, Point *, Point *);

ask4.c:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>
#include "Point.h"

int main(void){

    Point p1;
    p1.x=15;
    p1.y=7;
    Point p2;
    p2.x=25;
    p2.y=14;
    Point p3;
    p3.x=19;
    p3.y=20;
    Display(&p1);
    printf("%lf\n",Distance(&p1));
    printf("%lf\n",Distance2(&p1,&p2));
    printf("%lf\n",Area(&p1, &p2, &p3));

return 0;
}

the errors that I get are:

C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(8): error #2149: Undefined size for 'p1' with type 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(9): error #2152: Unknown field 'x' of 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(10): error #2152: Unknown field 'y' of 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(11): error #2149: Undefined size for 'p2' with type 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(12): error #2152: Unknown field 'x' of 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(13): error #2152: Unknown field 'y' of 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(14): error #2149: Undefined size for 'p3' with type 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(15): error #2152: Unknown field 'x' of 'Point'.
C:\Users\Sifd\Desktop\ask4.c(16): error #2152: Unknown field 'y' of 'Point'.

Have you heard of an opaque pointer? I think you have unintentionally coded a type that works that way. If you want to use Point normally, define the type in the header file, not any source file.

Originally Posted by Salem

This

Code:

struct POINT
{
    double x;
    double y;
};

needs to be in your .h file.

thank you, now its working