[Error] expected primary-expression before ....

[zydeholic]

Wonder if anyone can tell me what I'm getting wrong on this.

I keep getting errors on the last line:

26 37 C:\Users\DSNoS\Documents\CPP Projects\Address\main.cpp [Error] expected primary-expression before 'address_work_string'

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

using namespace std;

string pop_first_word(string &remaining_address, string delim){

	
    int position = remaining_address.find(delim);

    string first_word = remaining_address.substr(0,position);
    remaining_address = remaining_address.substr(position+1);

    return first_word;
}

int main(){
    string delim = " ";
    string address_string = "PO Box 820    and   more     and   more";
    string remaining_address;
    string address_work_string = address_string;
		
    string first_word="";

    first_word = pop_first_word(string address_work_string, string delim);
}

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Repeater]

first_word = pop_first_word(string address_work_string, string delim);

This is not how to call a function. The bits in bold have no business being there. I expect you meant this:

first_word = pop_first_word(address_work_string, delim);

[zydeholic]

Thank you. That worked. I ended up doing it the way I did because in other places it was making me call out the variable data type.

[Repeater]

When you declare and define functions, you specify the data type.

When you're actually using them, you do not.