Question

Why is this simple block of code not compiling

//using namespace std;
struct test {
    std::vector<int> vec;
};
test mytest;

void foo {
    mytest.vec.push_back(3);
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   cout << "Vector Element" << mytest.vec[0] << endl;
   return 0;
}

I get the following errors:

vectorScope.cpp:6:5: error: ‘vector’ in namespace ‘std’ does not name a type

vectorScope.cpp:11:6: error: variable or field ‘foo’ declared void

vectorScope.cpp:11:6: warning: extended initializer lists only available with -std=c++0x or -std=gnu++0x [enabled by default]

vectorScope.cpp:12:12: error: ‘struct test’ has no member named ‘vec’

vectorScope.cpp:12:28: error: expected ‘}’ before ‘;’ token

vectorScope.cpp:13:1: error: expected declaration before ‘}’ token

Thank you,

Mustafa

Answer 1

You need to include vector header file

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

struct test {
    std::vector<int> vec;
};
test mytest;

void foo() {
    mytest.vec.push_back(3);
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) 
{
   foo();  
   if (!mytest.vec.empty())  // it's always good to test container is empty or not
   {
     std::cout << "Vector Element" << mytest.vec[0] << std::endl;
   }
   return 0;
}