My first class, errors, help

This is my first attempt at creating a class. I am a little frustrated because I still have errors that I don't understand. What am I doing wrong? Help! :confused:

Code:

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

using namespace std;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

//Class to calculate pay for an employee
class Employee
{
// data declaration section
private:
              int _empId;
              double _payRate;
              double _hoursWorked;

//methods declaration section
public:
        Employee();
        void showEmployeeValues();
        void setNewEmployeeValues();
        void calculatePayValues();
};

// methods implementation section
Employee::Employee()
{
        _empId = 1;
        _payRate = 5.33;
        _hoursWorked = 10.0;

        cout << "Employee default constructor created. \n\n";
}

// Calculate pay for an employee

void Employee::showEmployeeValues()
{

cout<< " _empId = " << empId;
        << "\n _payRate = << payRate;
        << "\n _hoursWorked = << hoursWorked<< endl;
}

void Employee::calculatePayValues()

{
        cout << empId * payRate * hoursWorked;
}

int main()
{
 Employee payOne;

 cout << "The value for this pay period is:  \b";
 payOne.showEmployeevaules();
 cout << "\nThe pay amount is:  ";

        return 0;
}

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The errors are:
error C2065: 'empId' : undeclared identifier
error C2593: 'operator <<' is ambiguous
error C2001: newline in constant
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '<<'
error C2065: 'hoursWorked' : undeclared identifier
error C3861: 'empId': identifier not found, even with argument-
dependent lookup
error C2039: 'showEmployeevaules' : is not a member
of 'Employee'

Basically you forgot some _ like in
_empId <> empId and _payRate <> payRate.
then there are some missing " and you missspelled showEmployeevaules <> showEmployeeValues
Kurt

Well, your member variable is named _empId, but on occasion you write empId.

This is particularly problematic:

Code:

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cout<< " _empId = " << empId; // <- you have a terminating semi-colon!
        << "\n _payRate = << payRate; // your string literal is not properly delimited!
        << "\n _hoursWorked = << hoursWorked<< endl; // same string literal problem!

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You had showEmployeevaules(); when it should be showEmployeeValues(); There are also some other small errors.

i know this isnt going to help fix it but you do not need to put
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

when u have <iostream> and using namespace std; in the code.

Hugo.

I finally got this thing to compile but it does not display the calculations. How do i modify it so that the output actually shows what the pay is?

Code:

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

using namespace std;


//Class to calculate pay for an employee
class Employee
{
// data declaration section
private:
        int _empId;
    double _payRate;
        double _hoursWorked;

//methods declaration section
public:
        Employee();
        void showEmployeeValues();
        void setNewEmployeeValues();
        void calculatePayValues();
};

// methods implementation section
Employee::Employee()
{
        _empId = 1;
        _payRate = 5.33;
        _hoursWorked = 10.0;

        cout << "Employee default constructor created. \n\n";
}

// Calculate pay for an employee

void Employee::showEmployeeValues()
{

cout << " _empId = " << _empId << endl;
cout<< "\n _payRate = "<< _payRate<< endl;
cout<< "\n _hoursWorked = "<< _hoursWorked<< endl;
}

void Employee::calculatePayValues()

{
        cout << " empId * payRate * hoursWorked";
}

int main()
{
 Employee payOne;

 cout << "The value for this pay period is:  \n";
 payOne.calculatePayValues();

 cout << "\nThe pay amount is:  ";

        return 0;
}

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Code:

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int Employee::calculatePayValues()

{
        cout << " empId * payRate * hoursWorked";
        return( payRate * _hoursWorked);
//Presuming that you dont want to multiply _empId
//which is what you have cout-ed
}

int main()
{
 Employee payOne;

 cout << "The value for this pay period is:  \n";
 payOne.calculatePayValues();

cout << "\nThe pay amount is:  "<<payOne.calculatePayValues();
//cout-ing the return value of employee
 
        return 0;
}

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btw you will have to declare Employee as either float or int

Thanks everyone. I'll try all that was suggested