Question

I am creating a class called SelectionPage. Which essentially is a set of menues.

However, when i compile the code, the compiler gives me the following error:

g++ C_Main.cpp C_HomePage.cpp C_SelectionPage.cpp C_MemberManagement.cpp -o Project
C_SelectionPage.cpp:9:104: error: expected initializer before ‘SelectionPage’
make: *** [Project] Error 1

Here is The first few lines of C_SelectionPage.cpp:

#include "H_SelectionPage.h"


//Constructor for the SelectionPage class
//It assigns "managing" which decides if the user
//is a manager or not.
SelectionPage::SelectionPage(
    int newPoints,
    string newManager,
    string newLoginName,
    string MemberFile)
        SelectionPage(
            int newPoints,
            string newManager,
            string newLoginName,
            string MemberFile)
    {
        points = newPoints;
        manager = newManager;
        loginName = newLoginName;
        flatMemberList.clear();
        //Create Object Governing Flat Members.
        memberList = MemberManagement temp(MemberFile);
}

And here is the declaration of the constructor in the header file:

SelectionPage(
    int newPoints,
    string newManager,
    string newLoginName,
    string MemberFile);

Could someone please explain to me why i am getting an error?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you have this line really in your code, you probably copied the constructor twice:

SelectionPage::SelectionPage(int newPoints, string newManager, string newLoginName, string MemberFile )SelectionPage( int newPoints, string newManager, string newLoginName, string MemberFile){

Should be this:

SelectionPage::SelectionPage(int newPoints, string newManager, string newLoginName, string MemberFile ){

The compiler complains about intializer list because that’s what should follow the header, not another copy of the parameter list.