Problem with inheritance

Jun 4, 2011 at 12:20am
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();
}
Edit & run on cpp.sh

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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
Jun 4, 2011 at 12:45am
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.
Jun 4, 2011 at 9:17am
JohnPringle83 (2)
ok, thank you, I tried it both ways and they both built successfully :)
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