error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'

[mokkaimohan]

Hi friends,
I have a problem on Template .
This part of code works fine while running in Visual Studio 6.0 but throws error in VS2005.Error is {error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'}
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template <class KEY,class VALUE> const CAssociateArray<KEY,VALUE>::ELEMENT
*CAssociateArray<KEY,VALUE>::ReferElement(int iIndex) const
{
return m_aryElement.GetAddress(iIndex);
}

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ELEMENT is a class
CAssociateArray is a class template

Please help me ASAP
do i need to send any more details reg it

Thank U in advance

[weaknessforcats]

You are writing a member function. Therefore, you return an ELEMENT* and not a const CAssociateArray<KEY,VALUE>::ELEMENT*.

Like this:

class ELEMENT
{
 
};
template <class Key, class VALUE>
class CAssociateArray
{
    public:
        const ELEMENT* ReferElement(int iIndex) const;
 
};
template <class KEY,class VALUE>
const ELEMENT*CAssociateArray<KEY,VALUE>::ReferElement(int iIndex) const
{
//return m_aryElement.GetAddress(iIndex);
}