I dont understand why i get this error when i compile my code. I believe that i am doing everything the same as i did previously but it is not working this time.
stack.cpp:30: error: cannot convert 'record*' to 'record**' for argument '2' to 'void filename(char*, record**)'
there are more errors when it is compiled but i will figure them out. (also i had to (add the 4 spaces per line that signify "code" by hand so if any one else could tell me to how to do that automatically! that would be great!
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cstring>
#include <strings.h>
using namespace std;
struct record
{
char first [20];
char mid [1];
char last [20];
int ssn;
};
void filename (char ifname [], struct record* student[]);
void structfill (fstream & infile, struct record* student []);
int main ()
{
system ("clear");
fstream infile;
char ifname [256];
struct record * student;
filename (ifname, student);
return 0;
}
/*******************************************************************/
void filename (char ifname [],record* student [])
{
fstream infile;
cout << "Enter name of file to read from: ";
cin.getline (ifname, 256);
cout << endl;
infile.open (ifname);
if (!infile.is_open ())
{
cerr << "FILELOOP!: Unable to open input file " << ifname
<< endl;
exit (1);
}
structfill (infile, student);
}
/*******************************************************************/
void structfill (fstream & infile, record* student [])
{
char buffer [81];
char buffername [81];
char bufferfirst [81];
int n=0;
int x=0;
int f=0;
infile.getline (buffer,81);
while (!infile.eof ())
{
x++;
cout << "-----------------------" << x;
if (strncasecmp (buffer, "<student>",9)==0)
{
n++;
cout << "jess sucks" << n;
student = new *record;
infile.getline (buffername, 81);
if (strncasecmp (buffername, "<first>",7)==0)
{
f++;
infile.getline (bufferfirst, 81);
strcpy (student->first, bufferfirst);
cout << endl << "###### " << f;
}
}
infile.getline (buffer, 81);
cout << *student[n]->first;
cout << "endendendend" << endl;
}
}