template<class T> error: expected initialiser before 'template'

[eiger3970]

Hi cplusplus.com forum people,
I've typed up this code direct from the text book, Absolute C++ Fourth Edition Savitch ISBN-13: 978-0-13-136584-1.
A Generic Sorting Function.
sort.cpp on page 728 gives the error on line 17:
Line 17: error: expected initialiser before 'template'

Could someone help as I would expect the text book to 'just work' so I can study the code and not get stuck on extra errors I don't understand.
Yes, I have researched, however this research of the error is limited as I am concentrating on the simpler learning point of the Generic Sorting Function, in the hope of learning the Generic Template, in the hope of learning the hashtable...phewww, take a breath.

I bolded line 17 where the error occurs.

sort.cpp

// This is the file sort.cpp.
template<class T>
void sort(T a[], int numberUsed)
{
int indexOfNextSmallest;
for (int index = 0; index < numberUsed - 1; index++)
{//Place the correct value in a[index]:
indexOfNextSmallest =
indexOfSmallest(a, index, numberUsed);
swapValues(a[index], a[indexOfNextSmallest]);
//a[0] <= a[1] <=...<= a[index] are the smallest of the original array
//elements. The rest of the elements are in the remaining positions.
}
}
template<class T>
void swapValues(T& variable1, T& variable2)
template<class T>
int indexOfSmallest(const T a[], int startIndex, int numberUsed)
{
T min = a[startIndex];
int indexOfMin = startIndex;
for (int index = startIndex + 1; index < numberUsed; index++)
if (a[index] < min)
{
min = a[index];
indexOfMin = index;
//min is the smallest of a[startIndex] through a[index].
}
return indexOfMin;
}

[firedraco]

Add code tags next time.

Your issue is here:

template<class T>
void swapValues(T& variable1, T& variable2)

There is no body to this function.

[eiger3970]

Thanks...your tip reassured me to follow through with an unclear note in the text book.
I have added a body which is located on page 719 from link 8 to 14.

{
T temp;
temp = variable1;
variable1 = variable2;
variable2 = temp;
}

It finally compiles. I find that programming text books need help with 'user friendly' learning, as this text book note to add the body is not clear and only buries learners deeper in the abyss of confusion.

Thanks heaps firedraco!