Function Declaration - help needed

[Unregistered]

For some reason I'm not able to define the second function --> node* previous(void); in the .cpp file It only works for me when i define it In-Line.

I tried it as :

--- The .cpp ---

node* TheMain:revious(void){
node *pn;

return pn;
}


Errors:

- error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'
- error C2501: 'node' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
- error C2501: 'previous' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
- error C2556: 'int *__thiscall TheMain:revious(void)' : overloaded function differs only by return type from 'struct TheMain::node *__thiscall TheMain:revious(void)'


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---The .h---

class TheMain{
private:
struct node{
FileM *flm;
int counter;
node *next;
};

node *top, *current, *prev;
int number_nd;

////////STRUCT NODE PRIVATE FUNCTIONS//
void gostart(void);

node* previous(void); // CANT DEFINE THIS IN THE .CPP file

public:
//Stuff
};

[Sorensen]

Are you including the relevant headers in your cpp file?

[zMan]

Make this declaration outside of the class declaration..... this way the other modules outside of TheMain can have knowledge of node...

//TheMain.h


struct node{ 
    FileM *flm; 
    int counter; 
    node *next
};

class TheMain{

  .....
  node* pHead;
  node* prevoius;
  ....

}

[Sorensen]

..or do -

TheMain::node* TheMain::previous(void){
node *pn;

return pn;
}

in your cpp file.