Thread: ambigious symbol error

If I have "using namespace std" in my code and try to use an ofstream object from the <fstream.h> header I get an Ambigious symbol error for ofstream.

I need the namespace std for using strings from the <string> header.

I fixed the problem by replacing "using namespace std" with "#define string std::string".

It works fine for me, but other people will see this code, so what is the right way to fix this?

You need to use the new headers. fstream.h is deprecated. The new header is the same as old without the .h extension. So you need:

#include <fstream>

Most of the old headers such as math.h are now prefixed with a c and the .h removed. So the new math header is

#include <cmath>

Using those headers gives me these errors on this line.

Code:

ofstream	outfile;

error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'outfile'
error C2501: 'ofstream' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
error C2501: 'outfile' : missing storage-class or type specifiers

Im at a loss...

What compiler are you using? Also are you still using using namespace std; ?
Because...

Code:

#include <fstream>

int main( void )
{
  std::ofstream outfile;

  return 0;
}

Should compile no problem.

Whoops, I was missing the namespace std in one of the headers.