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Refrencing Help

Ch1156 (1999)
I havent been programming for a while so i forgot how to use refrencing :P i usually write up example code for stuff like that so i can look at it but i dont seem to have one for refrencing :S so here is my code and im only refrencing one thing so please help :P

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#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <random>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

void MAINPROGRAM(int &newComp);
void MENU();

int main()
{
    int money = 0;
    string item[7];
    string BNAME; //Business name
    string PNAME; //Player name
    string choice;
    bool newComp = false; //New

    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    cout << "New" << endl;
    cout << "Load" << endl;
    cout << "\n";
    getline(cin, choice);

    if(choice == "New" || choice == "new")
    {
        cout << "please enter your business name." << endl;
        getline(cin, BNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now please enter your name." << endl;
        getline(cin, PNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now you will be asked to enter a name for several products you" << endl;
        cout << "wish to sell in your shop, enter the name and press enter\n" << endl;

        cout << "Item 1: "; getline(cin, item[0]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 2: "; getline(cin, item[1]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 3: "; getline(cin, item[2]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 4: "; getline(cin, item[3]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 5: "; getline(cin, item[4]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 6: "; getline(cin, item[5]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 7: "; getline(cin, item[6]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        newComp = true;

        //Below we will save all the info the user inputted
        //into a text document

        file << item[0] << endl;
        file << item[1] << endl;
        file << item[2] << endl;
        file << item[3] << endl;
        file << item[4] << endl;
        file << item[5] << endl;
        file << item[6] << endl;
        file << "\n" << endl;
        file << BNAME << endl;
        file << PNAME << endl;
        file << "\n";
        file << newComp << endl;

        cin.get();

        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }

    if(choice == "Load" || choice == "load")
    {
        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }
}

void MAINPROGRAM(newComp)
{
    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    file >> newComp;
    if(newComp == true)
    {
        cout << "test" << endl;
    }
    else{"Error Code: 1"}
}

void MENU()
{

}



ERRORS:


||=== test, Debug ===|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|82|error: invalid initialization of reference of type 'int&' from expression of type 'bool'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|9|error: in passing argument 1 of 'void MAINPROGRAM(int&)'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|87|error: invalid initialization of reference of type 'int&' from expression of type 'bool'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|9|error: in passing argument 1 of 'void MAINPROGRAM(int&)'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|14|warning: unused variable 'money'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|91|error: variable or field 'MAINPROGRAM' declared void|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|91|error: 'newComp' was not declared in this scope|
||=== Build finished: 6 errors, 1 warnings ===|
Moschops (7244)
newcomp is an object of type bool. You are trying to pass in a reference to that bool to a function that expects a reference to an int.

file >> newComp;
This is an attempt to read in from an output stream.
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Ch1156 (1999)
ok well it still gives me these errors when i cnahe int to bool


C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|14|warning: unused variable 'money'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|91|error: variable or field 'MAINPROGRAM' declared void|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|91|error: 'newComp' was not declared in this scope|
||=== Build finished: 2 errors, 1 warnings ===|
Moschops (7244)
void MAINPROGRAM(newComp)

I expect you meant
void MAINPROGRAM(bool& newComp)
Ch1156 (1999)
yes

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#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <random>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

void MAINPROGRAM(bool &newComp);
void MENU();

int main()
{
    int money = 0;
    string item[7];
    string BNAME; //Business name
    string PNAME; //Player name
    string choice;
    bool newComp = false; //New

    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    cout << "New" << endl;
    cout << "Load" << endl;
    cout << "\n";
    getline(cin, choice);

    if(choice == "New" || choice == "new")
    {
        cout << "please enter your business name." << endl;
        getline(cin, BNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now please enter your name." << endl;
        getline(cin, PNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now you will be asked to enter a name for several products you" << endl;
        cout << "wish to sell in your shop, enter the name and press enter\n" << endl;

        cout << "Item 1: "; getline(cin, item[0]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 2: "; getline(cin, item[1]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 3: "; getline(cin, item[2]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 4: "; getline(cin, item[3]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 5: "; getline(cin, item[4]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 6: "; getline(cin, item[5]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 7: "; getline(cin, item[6]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        newComp = true;

        //Below we will save all the info the user inputted
        //into a text document

        file << item[0] << endl;
        file << item[1] << endl;
        file << item[2] << endl;
        file << item[3] << endl;
        file << item[4] << endl;
        file << item[5] << endl;
        file << item[6] << endl;
        file << "\n" << endl;
        file << BNAME << endl;
        file << PNAME << endl;
        file << "\n";
        file << newComp << endl;

        cin.get();

        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }

    if(choice == "Load" || choice == "load")
    {
        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }
}

void MAINPROGRAM(newComp)
{
    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    file >> newComp;
    if(newComp == true)
    {
        cout << "test" << endl;
    }
    else{"Error Code: 1"}
}

void MENU()
{

}
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Ch1156 (1999)
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ne555 (10692)
Ch1156 (1999)
I get these errors


C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|14|warning: unused variable 'money'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|91|error: variable or field 'MAINPROGRAM' declared void|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|91|error: 'newComp' was not declared in this scope|
||=== Build finished: 2 errors, 1 warnings ===|


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#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <random>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

void MAINPROGRAM(bool &newComp);
void MENU();

int main()
{
    int money = 0;
    string item[7];
    string BNAME; //Business name
    string PNAME; //Player name
    string choice;
    bool newComp = false; //New

    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    cout << "New" << endl;
    cout << "Load" << endl;
    cout << "\n";
    getline(cin, choice);

    if(choice == "New" || choice == "new")
    {
        cout << "please enter your business name." << endl;
        getline(cin, BNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now please enter your name." << endl;
        getline(cin, PNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now you will be asked to enter a name for several products you" << endl;
        cout << "wish to sell in your shop, enter the name and press enter\n" << endl;

        cout << "Item 1: "; getline(cin, item[0]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 2: "; getline(cin, item[1]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 3: "; getline(cin, item[2]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 4: "; getline(cin, item[3]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 5: "; getline(cin, item[4]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 6: "; getline(cin, item[5]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 7: "; getline(cin, item[6]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        newComp = true;

        //Below we will save all the info the user inputted
        //into a text document

        file << item[0] << endl;
        file << item[1] << endl;
        file << item[2] << endl;
        file << item[3] << endl;
        file << item[4] << endl;
        file << item[5] << endl;
        file << item[6] << endl;
        file << "\n" << endl;
        file << BNAME << endl;
        file << PNAME << endl;
        file << "\n";
        file << newComp << endl;

        cin.get();

        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }

    if(choice == "Load" || choice == "load")
    {
        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }
}

void MAINPROGRAM(newComp)
{
    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    file >> newComp;
    if(newComp == true)
    {
        cout << "test" << endl;
    }
    else{"Error Code: A-1"};
}

void MENU()
{

}


Why doesa it keep saying it was declAred void, i know it is thats what i wanted.
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ne555 (10692)
Change line 92, as indicated by Moschops
Ch1156 (1999)
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp||In function 'int main()':|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|14|warning: unused variable 'money'|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp||In function 'void MAINPROGRAM(bool&)':|
C:\Users\Chay Hawk\Desktop\test\main.cpp|95|error: no match for 'operator>>' in 'file >> newComp'|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 1 warnings ===|

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#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <random>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

void MAINPROGRAM(bool &newComp);
void MENU();

int main()
{
    int money = 0;
    string item[7];
    string BNAME; //Business name
    string PNAME; //Player name
    string choice;
    bool newComp = false; //New

    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    cout << "New" << endl;
    cout << "Load" << endl;
    cout << "\n";
    getline(cin, choice);

    if(choice == "New" || choice == "new")
    {
        cout << "please enter your business name." << endl;
        getline(cin, BNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now please enter your name." << endl;
        getline(cin, PNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now you will be asked to enter a name for several products you" << endl;
        cout << "wish to sell in your shop, enter the name and press enter\n" << endl;

        cout << "Item 1: "; getline(cin, item[0]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 2: "; getline(cin, item[1]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 3: "; getline(cin, item[2]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 4: "; getline(cin, item[3]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 5: "; getline(cin, item[4]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 6: "; getline(cin, item[5]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 7: "; getline(cin, item[6]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        newComp = true;

        //Below we will save all the info the user inputted
        //into a text document

        file << item[0] << endl;
        file << item[1] << endl;
        file << item[2] << endl;
        file << item[3] << endl;
        file << item[4] << endl;
        file << item[5] << endl;
        file << item[6] << endl;
        file << "\n" << endl;
        file << BNAME << endl;
        file << PNAME << endl;
        file << "\n";
        file << newComp << endl;

        cin.get();

        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }

    if(choice == "Load" || choice == "load")
    {
        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }
}

void MAINPROGRAM(bool &newComp)
{
    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    file >> newComp;
    if(newComp == true)
    {
        cout << "test" << endl;
    }
    else{"Error Code: A-1"};
}

void MENU()
{

}
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ne555 (10692)
Moschops wrote:
file >> newComp;
This is an attempt to read in from an output stream.
Ch1156 (1999)
ok i got it working but now everything wont get written to the text document D: it worked before that fix what happened?

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#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <random>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

void MAINPROGRAM(bool &newComp);
void MENU();

int main()
{
    int money = 0;
    string item[7];
    string BNAME; //Business name
    string PNAME; //Player name
    string choice;
    bool newComp = false; //New

    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    cout << "New" << endl;
    cout << "Load" << endl;
    cout << "\n";
    getline(cin, choice);

    if(choice == "New" || choice == "new")
    {
        cout << "please enter your business name." << endl;
        getline(cin, BNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now please enter your name." << endl;
        getline(cin, PNAME);
        cout << "\n";

        cout << "Now you will be asked to enter a name for several products you" << endl;
        cout << "wish to sell in your shop, enter the name and press enter\n" << endl;

        cout << "Item 1: "; getline(cin, item[0]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 2: "; getline(cin, item[1]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 3: "; getline(cin, item[2]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 4: "; getline(cin, item[3]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 5: "; getline(cin, item[4]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 6: "; getline(cin, item[5]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        cout << "Item 7: "; getline(cin, item[6]);
        cout << "" << endl;

        newComp = true;

        //Below we will save all the info the user inputted
        //into a text document

        file << item[0] << endl;
        file << item[1] << endl;
        file << item[2] << endl;
        file << item[3] << endl;
        file << item[4] << endl;
        file << item[5] << endl;
        file << item[6] << endl;
        file << "\n" << endl;
        file << BNAME << endl;
        file << PNAME << endl;
        file << "\n";
        file << newComp << endl;

        cin.get();

        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }

    if(choice == "Load" || choice == "load")
    {
        MAINPROGRAM(newComp);
    }
}

void MAINPROGRAM(bool &newComp)
{
    ofstream file("FILE.txt");

    file << newComp;
    if(newComp == true)
    {
        cout << "test" << endl;
    }
    else{cout << "Error Code: A-001" << endl;}
}

void MENU()
{

}
ne555 (10692)
ofstream file("FILE.txt"); will truncate the file.
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