Structs in classes

Here is my code:

Code:

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class GK{
public:
  struct General {
      char* str1;
      float  i;
  };

};

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and in my cpp file I have in my main:

Code:

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GK* g;

int main()
{
    g->General.str1 = "hello world!";

return 0;
}

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the problem is:
error C2273: 'function-style cast' : illegal as right side of '->' operator
error C2228: left of '.aspect' must have class/struct/union type

I am using VC++6, can someone tell me whats wrong here?
Thanks

You have made a pointer of class type GK. You have not yet made a GK object however, therefore no place to store the string.

The pointer to your class is g but you don't have an instance of your class. You also need to alocate some memory and get a pointer to your struct before you can use it.

Code:

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class GK{
public:
  struct General {
      char* str1;
      float  i;
  }general; //instance of struct

};

GK* g = new GK; //create a new object of your class

int main()
{
    g->general.str1 = "hello world!";

        delete g; //free memory used by new
        return 0;
}

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