Thread: Class definition Identifier problems

Ok, well this is a bit wierd, but for some reason when defining a function inside a class with the identifier "string" doesn't work, I get this error
- error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'string'

here's the code

comhandle.cpp

Code:

#include <string>
#include "comhandle.h"

void COMHANDLE::run(string mystring)
{
	if(mystring!="test"){
		bprint("you typed\""+ mystring + "\"!", true, true);
	} else {
		bprint("unknown command?", true, true);
	}
}

main.cpp

Code:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "comhandle.h"

COMHANDLE COMHANDLEC;
//	Namespaces
using namespace std;

//	Global Functions
void bprint (string text, bool cneeded, bool newline);
void binit(void);
void brun(void);
void bprinte(void);

//	Globals Vars
string name;
string vers;
string sstring;
string cline;
string choice;

int main()
{
//	main() Vars

binit();
brun();
	return 0;
}
void bprint (string text, bool cneeded, bool newline){
	if(cneeded){
		if(newline){
			cout << cline << text <<"\n";
		} else {
			cout << cline << text;
		}
	} else {
		if(newline){
			cout << text << "\n";
		} else {
			cout << text;
		}
	}
}
void binit(void)
{	

	cline = "<<: ";
	name = "Blade Tools v";
	vers = "0.001";
	sstring = name + vers;
	bprint(sstring, false, true);
}
void brun(void){
	bprint("", true, false);
	cin >> choice;
	COMHANDLEC.run(choice);
}
void bprinte(void)
{
	bprint ("Unknown command \""+choice+"\" - Type \"help\" for a list of valid commands.",true, true);
}

comhandle.h

Code:

#ifndef COMHANDLE_H

#include <string>

#define COMHANDLE_H

class COMHANDLE
{

public:
	void run(string mystring);

};

#endif

main.h

Code:

#ifndef MAIN_H
#define MAIN_H
class MAIN
{
public:
//to be used later
}
#endif

Iv tried alot of things, but have been unsuccessful in all attempts. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Try this,

Code:

void run(std::string mystring);

Originally Posted by Anubis

Try this,

Code:

void run(std::string mystring);

yay that worked. Thanks! One question though. Why wont it work if I just put string?

EDIT: wait is it because I didn't define the name space "using namespace std;"

Yep. The standard string class lives in the namespace std. Unless you have a "using namespace std;" in effect, the unadorned name "string" can not resolve to "std::string" (or, to put it another way, std::string is not a candidate when the compiler sees the type name string.