Creating a linked-list using a function

[Planet Telex]

Okay so Im getting a compile error when I declare the the PersonNode function. The error is "expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token." I'm not sure what the problem is as I have just copied the code right out of the book.

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

PersonNode* CreateList();   //expected constructor, destructor, or        type   conversion before '*' token

int main()
{
	struct PersonNode
	{
		char gender;
		int age;
		string name;
		PersonNode* next;
	};
	CreateList(); // createList not declared in this scope
}


	PersonNode* CreateList()   //same error as in declaration
	{
		PersonNode* head;
		PersonNode* perPtr;
		head = NULL;
		perPtr = new PersonNode;
		while(perPtr != NULL)
		{
			cin.get(perPtr -> gender);
			cin.ignore(1000, '\n');
			cin >> perPtr -> age;
			cin.ignore(1000, '\n');
			getline(perPtr -> name);
			perPtr -> next = head;
			head = perPtr;
			perPtr = new PersonNode;
		}
		ptr = head;
		return ptr;

	}

Thanks...

[xephon]

move the struct PersonNode declearation part before the line u'r getting error. compiler has not seen this declaration when ur error line gets executed.