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Problem with inheritance

JohnPringle83 (2)
Hello,

I am new to c++ and I can't seem to get this code to work after following everything exactly as it was in the tutorial:
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#include <iostream>
#include "Daughter.h"
#include "Mother.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
     Mother mo;
     mo.sayName();

     Daughter tina;
     tina.sayName();
}

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#ifndef MOTHER_H
#define MOTHER_H


class Mother
{
     public:
          Mother();
          void sayName();
};

#endif // MOTHER_H 

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#include <iostream>
#include "Daughter.h"
#include "Mother.h"
using namespace std;

Mother::Mother()
{
     //ctor
}

void Mother::sayName(){
     cout << "I am a Roberts" << endl;
}

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#ifndef DAUGHTER_H
#define DAUGHTER_H


class Daughter: public Mother
{
     public:
          Daughter();
};

#endif // DAUGHTER_H 

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#include <iostream>
#include "Daughter.h"
#include "Mother.h"
using namespace std;

Daughter::Daughter()
{
     //ctor
}


The error I get is on line 6 of Daughter.h
Daughter.h:6: error: expected class-name before '{' token
Disch (13742)
daugher.h should be #including mother.h

Or else you have to be sure mother.h is included before daughter.h, but it's better if you just put the include in the header.
JohnPringle83 (2)
ok, thank you, I tried it both ways and they both built successfully :)
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