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josepho16 (28)
in visual studio, im trying to make a hangman game that selects a random word from a file. on compiling, it gives the error: "error C3867: 'std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::length': function call missing argument list; use '&std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::length' to create a pointer to member c:\users\...\main.cpp"
can anyone tell me what im doing wrong? thanks.




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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
//hangman
/*
display area
pick word randomly
ask for input
handle input
display new area
prompt user again
handle drawing
handle win
handle loss


*/


//prototyping----------------------
void startScreen(int wordsize);
void pickWord();


//let choose color of text

int main()
{
	system("cls");
	string choice;

	cout << "Hello. enter 'play' to play a new game" << endl;
	cin >> choice;
	if (choice == "PLAY" || choice == "Play" || choice == "play")
	{
		pickWord();

	}
	else
	{
		cout << "what..?" << endl;
		main();
	}






	system("pause");
}




void startScreen(int wordsize)
{
	

	cout <<" ________" << endl;
	cout << "|       |" << endl;
	cout << "|       |" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;
	cout << "|" << endl;

	
	

	cout << wordsize << endl;
	
}






void pickWord()
{
	//open dictionary file
	ifstream dictionary;
	dictionary.open("dictionary.txt");
	

	//check for error
	if (dictionary.fail())
	{
		cerr <<"Failure loading dictionary." << endl;
		system("pause");
		exit(0);
	}


	//pick random word from dictionary------------------------------
	srand(time(0));
	string word[8000];
	cout << "loading dictionary...\n";
	for (int i = 0; i < 8000; i++)
	{
		dictionary >> word[i];
	}
	


	int choice=1 + (rand() % 8000);
	string chosenWord = word[choice];



	int wdsz=chosenWord.length;

	startScreen(wdsz);
}
Lachlan Easton (699)
int wdsz=chosenWord.length; You need to put empty brackets on end of length () to call the function.
josepho16 (28)
oh my god thats so obvious. k thanks haha
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