Thread: using ostream in a template

I have this class and have, among other things, a client print function. I have an assignment to make a client print function, however we weren't really told how to use ostream in a class, and what I'm doing doesn't seem to be right. This wasn't covered in our textbook.

Anyway, this is what I have for the function.

Code:

template <class ItemType>
void SortedType<ItemType>::PrintList(ostream& dataFile)
{
	Nodetype* location = listData;

	if(location = NULL)
		return;
	do
	{
		dataFile<<location->data<<endl;
		location = location->next;
	}	
	while(location->next != NULL)
}

Basically, it just traverses a sorted linked-list and prints all the data. But I get this error:

"error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'ostream'"

I included iostream, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Where am I going wrong? Thanks,

-Tristan

YES£¬maybe you should "using namespace std;"

hmmm if I do either of those VC++ tells me "'Nodetype' : undeclared identifier" and gives me loads of other errors regarding my structure not being there. That doesn't make any sense to me.

That link doesn't work.

I supose it's worth mentioning that i'm using Visual Studio 6 right now... It might be fixed in newer versions I guess?

Hmmmm... Okay, I found the bit about friend functions. I had that problem before actually as well on a different project, but fixed it with the latest service pack. Maybe this is just a similar bug that they didn't catch...