varriable "" is not a type name

[andirew]

I'm attempting to pass a couple of variables over to my Item.cpp class, that is description and item_price. However under item.set(description,item_price), i get three errors. One under the . (period) saying : expected an identifier and two more under description and item_price stating that variable " xxx " is not a type name.
Main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "item.h"
using namespace std;
using namespace items;
int main(){
	 int n;
	// allocate static memory here
	cout << "Item Information\n";
	cout << "=====================" << endl;
	cout << "Number of Items : ";
	cin >> n;
	int * numItems;

	numItems = new int[n];
	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
		char description[31];
		double item_price;

		cout << "Enter name of the item : ";
		
		cin >> description;
	
		cout << "Enter Price: ";
		cin >> item_price;

		item.set(description, item_price);

	}
		
			
		return 0;
}

Item.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include "item.h"
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
using namespace items;

void item::set(const char* n, double item_price)
{
	double * itemprice;

	itemprice = new double[numItems];
	for (int i = 0; i < numItems; i++){
		
	}
	

}

item.h

namespace items{
	class item{

	private:



		double itemPrice;

		char itemName[30] = "\0";
	public:
		int numItems;
		void set(const char description[], double item_price);
		void display() const;

	};
}

[Peter87]

You have not created a variable named item anywhere.

[andirew]

item is a class

[ne555]

You have not created a variable named item anywhere.

[andirew]

item is referring to my item namespace/class

[Ganado]

Non-static class member functions need an object (an instance of a class) to be called through.

The syntax for line 27 should be variable_name.member_function()
You need to make instance of your class,
for example

items::item my_item;
my_item.set(description, item_price);

[andirew]

Ohhh! thank you so much, how could i have missed that? thanks!

[giblit]

As they have mentioned and you ignored. In your main function you are using your item class as a variable. item.set(description, item_price); You must declare the class object first. Also you do realize creating that namespace is utterly useless if you are going to put using namespace items; it would be best to create the object like

items::item Item;

Item.set(description, item_price);

[andirew]

I'm getting another error at a different point

for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
				myitem[i].display();
				cout << endl;
		}

the first bracket of [i] shows this error:
1 IntelliSense: no operator "[]" matches these operands
operand types are: items::item [ int ]

[ne555]

myitem is not an array, is not a vector, is not a map,
myitem is a `item', and items do not understand the operator[]

[andirew]

how would i go by sending the array number to display()?, i need to cycle through my description and itemprice array and display it accordingly in display()

Kinda stumped on how to get that to work.

[MikeyBoy]

You could try using the right name for your array...