Question

Please bear with me, I’m just learning C++.

I’m trying to write my header file (for class) and I’m running into an odd error.

cards.h:21: error: expected unqualified-id before ')' token cards.h:22: error: expected `)' before 'str' cards.h:23: error: expected `)' before 'r' 

What does ‘expected unqualified-id before ‘)’ token’ mean? And what am I doing wrong?

Edit: Sorry, I didn’t post the entire code.

/* Card header file [Author] */ // NOTE: Lanugage Docs here http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/  #define Card #define Hand #define AppError  #include <string>  using namespace std;   // TODO: Docs here class Card { // line 17     public:         enum Suit {Club, Diamond, Spade, Heart};         enum Rank {Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine,                    Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace};         Card(); // line 22         Card(string str);         Card(Rank r, Suit s); 

Edit: I’m just trying to compile the header file by itself using ‘g++ file.h’.

Edit: Closed question. My code is working now. Thanks everyone! Edit: Reopened question after reading Etiquette: Closing your posts

Answer 1

Your issue is your #define. You did #define Card, so now everywhere Card is seen as a token, it will be replaced.

Usually a #define Token with no additional token, as in #define Token Replace will use the value 1.

Remove the #define Card, it’s making line 22 read: 1(); or ();, which is causing the complaint.