undeclared identifier

[D3strya]

I am trying to write a getFirst function within a linked list code that will return a pointer to the first object in the list however I am getting an undeclared identifier when trying to use a variable I have used previously and am unsure why it does not work in my new code.

error: use of undeclared identifier 'start'
return *start;

function that produces error

  Node* getFirst(){
      return start;
  }

constructor for the linked list

LinkedList::LinkedList() {
	start = 0;
	last = 0;
	count = 0;
} 

hpp file implementation

class LinkedList {
private:
	Node *start;
public:
	Node* getFirst();};

[Peter87]

You need to specify the class when defining the function, otherwise the compiler will think you are trying to create a global function that is not part of any class.

Node* LinkedList::getFirst(){
	return start;
}