Thread: Inheritance help

I'm having trouble using inheritance. I have a base class called "Individual", and i have a derived class called "Student". I created the classes and the functions for each, but i am getting the following errors: 'Individual' : 'class' type redefinition, and 'Individual' : base class undefined.
I think it has something to do with the constructors or with the class itself.
Header file of base class "Individual":

Code:

class Individual
{                       <----  'Individual' : 'class' type redefinition
public:
	Individual(string, string, string);
private:
	string Last_Name;
	string First_Name;
	string Phone_Number;
};

Function file of base class "Individual":

Code:

#include "assign4header.h"

Individual::Individual(string LastName, string FirstName, string PhoneNumber)
{
	setLast_Name(LastName);
	setFirst_Name(FirstName);
	setPhone_Number(PhoneNumber);
}

Header file of derived class "Student":

Code:

#include "assign4header.h"

class Student : public Individual
{                       <---------  'Individual' : base class undefined
public:
	Student(string, string, string, float, float);
private:
                float GPA;
	float Hours;
};

Funtion File of derived class "Student":

Code:

#include "assign4header2.h"

Student::Student(string LastName, string FirstName, string PhoneNumber, float GradeAvg, float HoursEnrolled )
:Individual(LastName, FirstName, PhoneNumber)
{
	setGPA(GradeAvg);
	setHours(HoursEnrolled);
}

The base class has members for the last name, first name, and phone number of a person. The derived class has members for the gpa and hours of enrollment of a person. So i should be able to create an object like this in main:

Code:

Student("Williams", "John", "555-1234", 4.0, 15.0);

I have appropriate set and get functions for both classes , but i left them out because i think the problem is with the constructors or class itself. If it is needed, i can put them in.

Are you putting semi-colons at the end of your class definitions?

Code:

class A{
public:
    A();
};