Noob Question about classes

Hello -

I have been going through the C++ tutorial about classes. I decided to try a simple program to practice. The program asks the users for a cook time and says if the cooking worked or not depending on if the time entered is positive. I am getting an error that I can't figure out when I try to compile. The error says: expected unqualified-id before '.' token. It occurs on the line:

Code:

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cook_successful = microwave.cook_food(cook_time);

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Here is the program:

Code:

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#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

typedef enum
{
    FALSE = 0,
    TRUE
} bool_e;

class microwave
{
public:
    microwave();
    ~microwave();
    bool_e cook_food (int cook_time);
protected:
    int cook_time;
};

microwave::microwave()
{
    cook_time = 0;
}

microwave::~microwave()
{

}

bool_e microwave::cook_food (int cook_time)
{
    if (cook_time <= 0)
    {
        return FALSE;
    }

    else
    {
        return TRUE;
    }
}

int main()
{
    int cook_time;
    bool_e cook_successful;
    cout << "Enter desired cook time: ";
    cin >> cook_time;
    cin.ignore();
    cook_successful = FALSE;

    while (!cook_successful)
    {

        cook_successful = microwave.cook_food(cook_time);

        if (cook_successful)
        {
            cout<< "Enjoy your food!";
        }

        else
        {
            cout<< "Cook time must be a positive number. \n Re-enter desired cook time: ";
            cin >> cook_time;
            cin.ignore();
        }
    }
    cin.get();
}

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Thanks in advance!

You need to create an actual instance of a microwave object and call the member functions for that object... either that or make your member functions static and then you don't need an instance.

Of course. I thought it was probably something easy. Thanks for the help!