im new to programming and i am learning by trail and error as well as reading many books

[jblevins1991]

im making a game engine and i have a class.i am wondering how to set certain pokemons base hp and attack stats like in a struct


//create pokemon
class pokemon
{
public:
int basehp;
int baseatk;
int basedef;
int basesatk;
int basesdef;
int basespe;



} bulbasaur, ivysaur, venasaur, charmander, charmeleon, charizard, squirtle, wartortle, blastoise;

i know in a struct i can just do this.

bulbasaur.basehp=49
bulbasaur.baseatk=49
bulbasaur.basedef=49
bulbasaur.basesatk=65
bulbasaur.basesdef=65
bulbasaur.basespe=45

but i get an error every time i do this in my compiler. i am using code::blocks in windows 7. does anybody know what i am doing wrong?

[Moschops]

bulbasaur.basehp=49
bulbasaur.baseatk=49
bulbasaur.basedef=49
bulbasaur.basesatk=65
bulbasaur.basesdef=65
bulbasaur.basespe=45

None of these lines have a semi-colon at the end. Do they have one in your actual code?

If you tell us the compiler error, we can tell you how to fix it.

[jblevins1991]

they do have semi-colons the error is "ERROR: bulbasaur does not name a type

[Moschops]

That indicates that the compile, at that point in your code, has no idea what the object named bulbasaur is.

This code compiles and runs without problem:

#include <iostream>

int main()
{

//create pokemon
class pokemon
{
public:
int basehp;
int baseatk;
int basedef;
int basesatk;
int basesdef;
int basespe;
} bulbasaur, ivysaur, venasaur, charmander, charmeleon, charizard, squirtle, wartortle, blastoise;


 bulbasaur.basehp=49;
 bulbasaur.baseatk=49;
 bulbasaur.basedef=49;
 bulbasaur.basesatk=65;
 bulbasaur.basesdef=65;
 bulbasaur.basespe=45;

 std::cout << "All done";

 return 0;
}

Are you creating the object named bulbasaur before you try to use it?

[jblevins1991]

i figured out a little more about what is going on here

i get two errors with this code below.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

//create pokemon
class pokemon
{
public:
int basehp;
int baseatk;
int basedef;
int basesatk;
int basesdef;
int basespe;
} bulbasaur, ivysaur, venasaur, charmander, charmeleon, charizard, squirtle, wartortle, blastoise, caterpie, metapod, butterfree, weedle, kakuna, beedrill, pidgey, pidgeotto, pidgeot, ratatta, raticate, spearow, fearow,;



bulbasaur.basehp=49;
bulbasaur.baseatk=49;
bulbasaur.basedef=49;
bulbasaur.basesatk=65;
bulbasaur.basesdef=65;
bulbasaur.basespe=45;
ivysaur.basehp=60;
ivysaur.baseatk=62;
ivysaur.basedef=63;
ivysaur.basesatk=80;
ivysaur.basesdef=80;
ivysaur.basespe=60;
venasaur.basehp=80;
venasaur.baseatk=82;
venasaur.basedef=83;
venasaur.basesatk=100;
venasaur.basesdef=100;
venasaur.basespe=80;

the first error is;

error:unexpected unqualified-id before ';' token

it is talking about the line of code where i name all of my objects. however i do not understand what is wrong with this line.

I SOLVED THIS IT WAS THE ',' BEFORE THE SEMI-COLON

the second error is;

error:'bulbasaur' does not name a type

and it is referring to every line of code where i set a value to a member such as

bulbasaur.basehp=49;

[firedraco]

You have to put those lines of code inside main() or some function, you can't just have them floating there.

[jblevins1991]

oh ok i did not know that thank you for clarification

may i put the function inside of a classes members?

[Moschops]

If you did not have a main in your code, you need to stop, go back to the beginning, and start learning C++.

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[jblevins1991]

i do have a main() it was just a question. it just seems more benifitial to encapsulate as much functionality that has to do with the class from the main as much as possible to me

[Mathhead200]

class pokemon
{
 public:
   int basehp;
   int baseatk;
   int basedef;
   int basesatk;
   int basesdef;
   int basespe;
}
   bulbasaur = {49, 49, 49, 65, 65, 45},
   ivysaur = {60, 62, 63, 80, 80, 60},
   venasaur = {80, 82, 83, 100, 100, 80},
   charmander,
   charmeleon,
   charizard,
   squirtle,
   wartortle,
   blastoise;

//... 

[anonymous23323124]

You can put functions inside your class, but main() must go outside of any class.

If you want to encapsulate the initialization of a class inside the class, you should be using constructors.

You might find this site's classes tutorials informative.
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/classes/
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/classes2/