Multiple header files , cout undelcared probem

main.cpp

Code:

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


int main()
{
       

       
        cin.get();
        return 0;
}

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hdr.h

Code:

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#ifndef HDR_H 
#define HDR_H

class point
{
public:
        point(); 
        void print(void);
private:
        int x;
        int y;
};
#endif

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hdr.cpp

Code:

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#include "hdr.h"

point::point()
{
        y = 0;
        x = 1;
}

void point::print(void)
{
        //cout <<"TEST"; // cout is undeclared why?
}

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These files are in an empty devcpp project. Why can't i use cout in the hdr.cpp file? Thankyou for your time.

You must #include <iostream> in hdr.cpp also...

I'm not the final word on this, but I'm pretty sure headers must be declared in all .cpp source files in order to use them. If you included iostream in hdr.h, then it would be a different story, but you included it only in main.cpp. I'm also pretty sure that you need to declare what namespace you're using in all files.

Do you also need to put using namespace std in all of the files or just one?

Thank you, I had previously put in #include <iosteam>, but forgot the using namespace std;

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I'm not the final word on this, but I'm pretty sure headers must be declared in all .cpp source files in order to use them

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Just to qualify that a bit: you only need to include the header files that you need in a file. Which header files do you need in a file? If some code in a file uses the line:

Code:

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cout<<someVar;

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then you have to include <iostream> in that file. You also need a using declaration in that file because 'cout' is being used without the std:: qualifier.

The guiding priciple is that you need to declare all the names you use in a file. The compiler does not like to be startled by guests that haven't been introduced previously.

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Originally Posted by 7stud

...the header files that you need in a file.

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Yes, that's what I meant. :)

Thanks for clarifying, though, I didn't realize how vague I was.