Appears to be Function Definition

[MarQade]

Hi, I am new here. I am also a first-year computer science student looking for some help with a very small C++ program.
This is a 3-file program, header file with declarations and 2 source files, one for definition and the other is the actual application file. I am attempting to write a non-member function.
In my header file, I have declared bool isLarger(int x, int y); outside of the class. In my application file, before the end of the program, I have written the following code:

bool isLarger(firstDate.convert(), secondDate.convert())
{
 
    if (firstDate.convert() > secondDate.convert())
    {
        cout << "The first date entered is the most recent. " << endl << endl;
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "The second date entered is the most recent. " << endl << endl;
        return false;
    }
}
 

When compiling this, the only error message I receive is: "error C2448: 'isLarger' : function-style initializer appears to be a function definition".

I think that that is what I intended - a function definition. Is there something illegal about this code that I am just not seeing?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Michelle

[oler1s]

bool isLarger(firstDate.convert(), secondDate.convert())

Mind telling us what that is supposed to be?

[MarQade]

Sure. I'm calling the results of date conversions for the two separate objects of my CDate class - firstDate and secondDate. The point of this particular portion of this assignment is to compare the results of the convert method and cout which object is larger.

[weaknessforcats]

bool isLarger(firstDate.convert(), secondDate.convert())
{

if (firstDate.convert() > secondDate.convert())
{
cout << "The first date entered is the most recent. " << endl << endl;
return true;
}
else
{
cout << "The second date entered is the most recent. " << endl << endl;
return false;
}
}

You are confusing writing a function with calling a function. The compiler wants to know what the types of the arguments are and not where you are getting them from.

The above is a function definiton, not a call.

bool isLarger(int, int)  <<<< 
{
//etc
}