cannot return 'float (*) float'

[alextexasfan12]

I have the following error when I try to run my budget code in reference to this function. It says cannot convert 'float (*) (float)' to 'float' for argument '2' to 'float computeOther(float, float, float, float)'
budgetLiving, computeTax)

 float computeOther (float monthlyIncome, float computeTithing,
                    float budgetLiving, float computeTax)
{
   cout.setf(ios::fixed); //no scientific notation
   cout.setf(ios::showpoint); //always show the decimal
   cout.precision(2); //two digits for price

   float getOther = (monthlyIncome) - (computeTithing + budgetLiving +
                                       computeTax);
   return getOther;




 cout << "\tOther           $" << setw(11) << computeOther (monthlyIncome, computeTithing,
                                                              budgetLiving, computeTax)
        << setw(5) << "$" << setw(11) << actualOther << endl;

}

The second part is a good bit down from my program, but that's when I call the function, so that may be helpful to see as well.

[gunnerfunner]

Without seeing your entire program it seems that on line 15 variable computeTithing's type is being interpreted by the compiler as a pointer to a function (aka function pointer) that takes float as an argument with return type also float whereas it should just be type float

[MikeyBoy]

As gunnerfunner implies, it looks as though somewhere in the code that you haven't shown us, you've defined computeTithing to be a function pointer.

[alextexasfan12]

I figured it out, I was calling functions in that code, but forgot to put the parameters in there.