Debugging error c2059

[pauldepstein]

I am adding to a large code base, and there is far too much code to
paste it in its entirety. Here is some code that I added:

struct MyStruct
{
MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
{

}

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");
Of course, the above code is not particularly useful. I was following
the technique of making it as simple as possible to try and see what
was triggering the error.

The compiler complains about MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");
Referring to the line number where the above line occurs, it says
error C2059: syntax error : 'string'
Can anyone explain the probable cause of the error?

Thank you all very much for your help.

Paul Epstein

[red floyd]

pa**********@att.net wrote:

I am adding to a large code base, and there is far too much code to
paste it in its entirety. Here is some code that I added:

struct MyStruct
{
MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
{

}

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");
Of course, the above code is not particularly useful. I was following
the technique of making it as simple as possible to try and see what
was triggering the error.

The compiler complains about MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");
Referring to the line number where the above line occurs, it says
error C2059: syntax error : 'string'
Can anyone explain the probable cause of the error?

Thank you all very much for your help.

Yes. You didn't include <string>
Correct code:

#include <string>
struct MyStruct
{
MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
{

}

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");

[pauldepstein]

On Mar 3, 12:10*pm, red floyd <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] wrote:

I am adding to a large code base, and *there is far too much code to
paste it in its entirety. *Here is some code that I added:

struct MyStruct
{
* *MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
* *{

* *}

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");

Of course, the above code is not particularly useful. *I was following
the technique of making it as simple as possible to try and see what
was triggering the error.

The compiler complains about MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");
Referring to the line number where the above line occurs, it says
error C2059: syntax error : 'string'
Can anyone explain the probable cause of the error?

Thank you all very much for your help.

Yes. *You didn't include <string>

Correct code:

#include <string>
struct MyStruct
{
* * MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
* * {

* * }

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Good guess but in fact I did use #include <string>
Thanks a lot for trying to help though.

Any more guesses?

Paul Epstein

[pauldepstein]

On Mar 3, 12:10*pm, red floyd <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] wrote:

I am adding to a large code base, and *there is far too much code to
paste it in its entirety. *Here is some code that I added:

struct MyStruct
{
* *MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
* *{

* *}

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");

Of course, the above code is not particularly useful. *I was following
the technique of making it as simple as possible to try and see what
was triggering the error.

The compiler complains about MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");
Referring to the line number where the above line occurs, it says
error C2059: syntax error : 'string'
Can anyone explain the probable cause of the error?

Thank you all very much for your help.

Yes. *You didn't include <string>

Correct code:

#include <string>
struct MyStruct
{
* * MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
* * {

* * }

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Correct code is actually:
struct MyStruct
{
MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
{
}

};
MyStruct YouHaveToGiveTheMyStructVariableAName("SomeWord",
"AnotherWord");

[Ian Collins]

pa**********@att.net wrote:

On Mar 3, 12:10 pm, red floyd <[e-mail]:

>Yes. You didn't include <string>

Correct code:

#include <string>
struct MyStruct
{
MyStruct(const std::string& SomeString, const std::string&
AnotherString)
{

}

};

MyStruct("SomeWord", "AnotherWord");- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Good guess but in fact I did use #include <string>
Thanks a lot for trying to help though.

Any more guesses?

Guesses are all you're going to get. The posted code (with <string>) is
fine.

Try and form a complete example that gives the reported compiler error
and post that.

--
Ian Collins.