Class error

Hello friends,
I am trying to access Birthday object from peoples class and display it in main but why the program is getting compilation error?

here is my code
main.cpp

Code:

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#include<iostream>#include "Birthday.h"
#include "Birthday.cpp"
#include "People.h"
#include "People.cpp"
using namespace std;




int main(){
 Birthday birthObj(11,5,1992);
 People JasonSmith("Jason",birthObj);
 JasonSmith.printInfo();




return 0;
}

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Birthday.h

Code:

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#ifndef BIRTHDAY_H#define BIRTHDAY_H




class Birthday
{
    public:
        Birthday(int m,int d,int y);
        void printDate();


    private:
        int month;
        int day;
        int year;
};


#endif // BIRTHDAY_H

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Birthday.cpp

Code:

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#include "Birthday.h"#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
Birthday::Birthday(int m,int d,int y)
{
  month = m;
  day = d;
  year= y;
}


void Birthday::printDate(){


  cout<<month<<"/ "<<day<<"/ "<<year<<endl;
}

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People.h

Code:

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#ifndef PEOPLE_H#define PEOPLE_H


#include<string>
#include "Birthday.h"
#include "Birthday.cpp"
using namespace std;
class People
{
    public:
        People(string x,Birthday bo);
        void printInfo();


    private:
        string name;
        Birthday dateOfBirth;
};


#endif // PEOPLE_H

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People.cpp

Code:

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#include "People.h"#include "Birthday.h"
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;


People::People(string x,Birthday bo)
: name(x),dateOfBirth(bo)
{


}


void People::printInfo(){
 cout<<name<<" was born on ";
 dateOfBirth.printDate();


}

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Please be easy on me as i am still learning c++

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but why the program is getting compilation error?

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What exactly is this compile error?

Also #including a .cpp file is usually a mistake. You should add the .cpp files to your project to be properly compiled, not #included.

error is in Birthday.cpp

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without including .cpp files the program is not even running no errors either

As I said in my previous post this error is being caused by #including that source file. You need be using a project and then add the .cpp files to your project for compiling.

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without including .cpp files the program is not even running no errors either

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Did you add the .cpp files to the project and re-build the sources?

you mean i have to make a new project defining new paths

from here

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and then compile ?

do note since i am creating mutipleclass files for each topic i learn i am making seperate folders fore each and then creating class inside that folder

in this case its composition folder

in my last tutorial where i learnt member initializer
i made separate folder for that and made seperate main,header and .cpp file and it compiled just fine

code of member initializer

Code:

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#include<iostream>#include "Sally.h"
#include "Sally.cpp"
using namespace std;




int main(){


Sally so(45,76);
so.print();


return 0;
}

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header file

Code:

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#ifndef SALLY_H#define SALLY_H




class Sally
{
    public:
        Sally(int a,int b);
        void print();
    protected:


    private:
        int regVar;
        const int constVar;
};


#endif // SALLY_H

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sally.cpp

Code:

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#include "Sally.h"#include<iostream>


using namespace std;




Sally::Sally(int a,int b)
//member intializer is needed to call constant variables
: regVar(a),
constVar(b)
{


}


void Sally::print(){
 cout<<"regular variable is "<<regVar<<endl;
 cout<<"constant variable is "<<constVar<<endl;
}

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You have multiple #include "somefile.cpp" lines.

#include<iostream>
#include "Sally.h"
#include "Sally.cpp" //!!<< This is wrong!

You add the .h and .cpp files to your project in the IDE, then it will do the right thing when it comes to compiling.
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So you end up with Birthday.cpp, People.cpp, main.cpp (and any others) shown in the sources "folder" in the IDE.
And likewise for any header files.

ok thanks i will try this

ok i made new project watermelon

and added all source and header files but still getting error?

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Okay, where is your code for main?

Please cut and paste the code into a post (inside code tags), pictures tend to be harder to read.

It would also help if you cut and pasted the error messages, your picture is cutting a lot of the error messages off.

main.cpp

Code:

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#include<iostream>#include "Birthday.h"


#include "People.h"


using namespace std;




int main(){
 Birthday birthObj(11,5,1992);
 People JasonSmith("Jason",birthObj);
 JasonSmith.printInfo();




return 0;
}

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birthday.cpp

Code:

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#include "Birthday.h"#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
Birthday::Birthday(int m,int d,int y)
{
  month = m;
  day = d;
  year= y;
}


void Birthday::printDate(){


  cout<<month<<"/ "<<day<<"/ "<<year<<endl;
}

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birthday.h

Code:

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#ifndef BIRTHDAY_H#define BIRTHDAY_H




class Birthday
{
    public:
        Birthday(int m,int d,int y);
        void printDate();






    private:
        int month;
        int day;
        int year;
};


#endif // BIRTHDAY_H

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people.cpp

Code:

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#include "People.h"#include "Birthday.h"
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;


People::People(string x,Birthday bo)
: name(x),dateOfBirth(bo)
{


}


void People::printInfo(){
 cout<<name<<" was born on ";
 dateOfBirth.printDate();


}

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people.h

Code:

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#ifndef PEOPLE_H#define PEOPLE_H


#include<string>
#include "Birthday.h"
#include "Birthday.cpp"
using namespace std;
class People
{
    public:
        People(string x,Birthday bo);
        void printInfo();


    private:
        string name;
        Birthday dateOfBirth;
};


#endif // PEOPLE_H

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multiple definition error

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ok things worked when i removed

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#include "Birthday.cpp"

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from people.h

new people.h

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#ifndef PEOPLE_H#define PEOPLE_H


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


using namespace std;
class People
{
    public:
        People(string x,Birthday bo);
        void printInfo();


    private:
        string name;
        Birthday dateOfBirth;
};


#endif // PEOPLE_H

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Please cut and paste your error messages into a post. That picture is not showing everything.

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Originally Posted by jimblumberg

Please cut and paste your error messages into a post. That picture is not showing everything.

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i got this working (check my last reply)thank you and Salem for helping me learning how to add files in project and not to include .cpp files like i did before.. much appreciated