Question

Hey i want to use the function wolves variable in the storyline and im trying to do this :

"\nYou awake on a beach to the sound of"<< Wolves().name; " starving and blood hungry," 
        "\nThere is a Rock on the ground.  You pick it up";
        inventory.push_back("Rock");

But Wolves().name; there is an error as mentioned in the title. Why cant i do this?

Here is the code for the function Wolves:

void Wolves()
{
    string name = "Wolves";
    int health = 20;
    hitPoints() +1;
}

Answer 1

You can’t access variables defined in a function from outside the function in C++, but you can change it to a class:

class Wolves {
  public:
    string name;
    // ...

    Wolves(); // Constructor
    //...
}

To access it you can use

Wolves wolve;
wolve.name = "whateverName"; // or set it in the constructor
cout << wolve.name << endl;