Instantiation question

Can someone tell me why I get non-object errors if I don't instantiate the objects with 3 strings? I provided default arguments for this object, so what is the problem? Sample error received when objects not instantiated (receive them for all functions):

c:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Mynotebook\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\helloWorld\helloWorld.cpp(52): error C2228: left of '.inputVals' must have class/struct/union type

Thanks, and Happy Easter!

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class TelBook
{
protected:
        string last_;
        string first_;
        string tel_;
public:
        TelBook(string, string, string);
        void inputVals();
        void dispVals();
        void assignVals(TelBook*);
};

TelBook::TelBook(string f = "", string l = "", string t = "")
{
        first_ = f;
        last_ = l;
        tel_ = t;
}

void TelBook::inputVals()
{
        cout << "Enter the last name: ";
        getline(cin, last_, '\n');
        cout << "\nEnter the first name: ";
        getline(cin, first_, '\n');
        cout << "\nNow enter the telephone number: ";
        getline(cin, first_, '\n');
}

void TelBook::dispVals()
{
        cout << "Last name: " << last_ << ", first name: " << first_
                << ", telephone number: " << tel_ << endl;
}

void TelBook::assignVals(TelBook *myTelEntry)
{
    myTelEntry->last_ = last_;
        myTelEntry->first_ = first_;
        myTelEntry->tel_ = tel_;
}

int main()
{
       
        TelBook myTelBookObject();
        myTelBookObject.inputVals();
        myTelBookObject.dispVals();
        TelBook mySecondTelBookObject();
        mySecondTelBookObject.inputVals();
        mySecondTelBookObject.assignVals(&myTelBookObject);
        myTelBookObject.dispVals();
        return 0;
}

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Drop the parentheses.

Code:

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TelBook myTelBookObject; //creates a TelBook instance, whereas
// TelBook myTelBookObject(); // is a declaration of a function returning a TelBook

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Oysterman

Drop the parentheses.

Code:

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TelBook myTelBookObject; //creates a TelBook instance, whereas
// TelBook myTelBookObject(); // is a declaration of a function returning a TelBook

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Thanks, I overlooked that!

-Patrick