Question

This is my current collection of headers :

 #include "Header1.h"
 #include "BedAndMatress.h"
 #include "Sofa.h"
 #include "Table.h"
 #include iostream
 #include fstream
 #include iomanip 
 #include string
 #include cmath
 #include vector

using namespace std;


int main()

the includes and the namespace std bit are in both my main file and my ‘function definitions.cpp’ file. However, the compiler is throwing up some errors:

  e:\computing\coursework2\programme.cpp(2) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include
 file: 'BedAndMatress.h': No such file or directory

Originally I had the definition of all my classes in the Header1.h file but it was moaning about unexpected end of file and class definitions so i decided to separate them. The file is included in the project and all the others seem to be working so I’m not sure whats going on. I also created a new header file that was just called Bed but it had the same error so i changed it thinkin there may already be a standard file with that name (long shot apparently) is there a maximum number of header files?

Also, in the class definitions some of the member objects are meant to be strings…

#ifndef CLASS_Bed
#define CLASS_Bed
//////BED
class Bed:public Item
{
string frame;
string frameColour;
string mattress;

public:

int Bed(int count);
int Bed(int count, int number, string name, string frm, string fclr, string mtres);
void count();
void printDetails();
}
#endif

but its not recognising the type specifier.

error C2501: 'string' : missing storage-class or type specifiers

should I include string? I read somewhere that this can cause issues so if thats not the solution how should i proceed?

Ta muchly
Hx

Answer 1

should I include string? I read somewhere that this can cause issues so if thats not the solution how should i proceed?

You should include <string>. You probably read that it’s not ok to put using namespace std; in the header, which is true. But there’s nothing wrong with including a header if you need it. You’ll need to qualify the uses of string though:

#ifndef CLASS_Bed
#define CLASS_Bed
//////BED
#include <string>
class Bed:public Item
{
std::string frame;
std::string frameColour;
std::string mattress;

public:

int Bed(int count);
int Bed(int count, int number, std::string name, std::string frm, std::string fclr, std::string mtres);
void count();
void printDetails();
};     //<-- note semi-colon here
#endif