Expected Primary-Expression Before ‘]’ Token

cdalto (7)
Hello, I keep getting this error while trying to compile. The error occurs in lines 27, 28, and 29. Is something syntactically wrong?

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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

const int NUM_STUDENTS=10;
const int NUM_GRADES=10;

struct StudentInfoType
{string name;
 int grades[NUM_GRADES];
 float avg;
};

void getInfo(StudentInfoType student[]);
void calcAvg(StudentInfoType student[]);
void printGrades(StudentInfoType student[]);



//Main
int main()
{
  StudentInfoType student[NUM_STUDENTS];
  
  getInfo(student[]);
  calcAvg(student[]);
  printGrades(student[]);

  return 0;
}



//getInfo
void getInfo(StudentInfoType student[])
{
  string filename;
  ifstream fin;
  
  cout << "Enter filename: ";
  cin >> filename;
  fin.open(filename.c_str());
  
  while(!fin)
  {
    fin.clear();
    cerr << "The file named " << filename << " was not found.";
    cout << endl << "Please enter filename: ";
    cin >> filename;
    fin.open(filename.c_str());
  }
   
  for(int i=0; i<NUM_STUDENTS; i++)
  {
    fin >> student[i].name;
    for(int j=0; j<NUM_GRADES; j++)
    {fin >> student[i].grades[j];}
  }
}
  
  
  
//calcAvg
void calcAvg(StudentInfoType student[])
{
  for(int i=0; i<NUM_STUDENTS; i++)
  {
    float total=0;
    
    for(int j=0; j<NUM_GRADES; j++)
    {total = total + student[i].grades[j];}
    
    student[i].avg = total/NUM_GRADES;
  }
}
  
  
//printGrades
void printGrades(StudentInfoType student[])
{
  for(int i=0; i<NUM_STUDENTS; i++)
  {
    cout << setw(8) << left << setfill(' ') << student[i].name << ' ';
    for (int j=0; j<NUM_GRADES; j++)
    {cout << setw(4) << right << setfill(' ') << student[i].grades[j] << ' ';}
    cout << setw(7) << right << setfill(' ') << fixed <<
      showpoint << setprecision(2) << student[i].avg << endl;
  }  
}
Last edited on
Caligulaminus (201)
Is something syntactically wrong?

Yes.
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int main()
{
  StudentInfoType student[NUM_STUDENTS];
  
  getInfo(student[]);
  calcAvg(student[]);
  printGrades(student[]);
 /*...*/

should look more like
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int main()
{
  StudentInfoType student[NUM_STUDENTS];
  
  getInfo(student);
  calcAvg(student);
  printGrades(student);
 /*...*/
cdalto (7)
That fixed it! Thanks.
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