Question

I have a class which defines the following members in a header file (.hpp):

public :
  int loadData(char* filename);

private :
  std::vector<vertex> vertices;
  std::vector<triangle> triangles;
  std::vector<frame> frames;

The vertex, triangle and frame are structures defined in another header file included in this header file.

Now, in the definition of the function loadData in the .cpp, I cannot access the members vertices, triangles and frames. For example, I have the following code resulting in the error shown under it:

cout << "total vertices stored= " << vertices.size() << endl;

motionViewer.cpp:59: error: 'vertices' was not declared in this scope

Why cannot I access these members?

Thank you for the help.

Answer 1

A blind shot: because you forget to put the class-name before the loadData-method in your .cpp:

int className::loadData(char* filename)

But to be sure you need to show more code.