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Problem with C++ check file method

Kinz (2)
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#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    return 0;
}
void loadUp()
{
    cout << "Legends of Archaea starting up...\n";
    cout << "Checking for stats file...";

    /* Check for file statement */
    bool ifstream chfl(char *f)
    {
        if (f.good())
        {
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
    switch(chfl("stats.sta"))
    {
    case true:
        cout << "Stat file loaded. Checking for saves file...\n";
        break;

    case false:
        cout << "Stats file not found.\n";
        cout << "Attempting to create stats file...";

        fstream statFile;
        statFile.open("stats.sta");
        statFile << "HEALTH: 100\n";
        statFile << "MANA: 50\n";
        statFile << "GOLD: 00\n";
        statFile << "INVENTORY: \n";
        statFile.close();

        cout << "Stats file created. Checking for saves file...\n";
        break;
    }
}


When it gets to the 'chfl' boolean function, it says "expected initializer before 'chfl'" What does that mean?

I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with that. I'm a very much noob, so please excuse if there's a stupid mistake or something simple and obvious, I tried.

Any help would be awesome, thanks.
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Galik (2254)
None of this...
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    /* Check for file statement */
    bool ifstream chfl(char *f)
    {
        if (f.good())
        {
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

...makes much sense in C++.

If you want to make a function, you can't do that inside another function, so you'll have to move it outside of loadUp().

Also you'll need to use the proper syntax:
http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/functions/
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Kinz (2)
Alright. thanks. I didn't know that.
bluecoder (763)
defining function inside function .. that will not work 

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void loadUp()
{
    cout << "Legends of Archaea starting up...\n";
    cout << "Checking for stats file...";

 
    switch(chfl("stats.sta"))
    {
    case true:
        cout << "Stat file loaded. Checking for saves file...\n";
        break;

    case false:
        cout << "Stats file not found.\n";
        cout << "Attempting to create stats file...";

        fstream statFile;
        statFile.open("stats.sta");
        statFile << "HEALTH: 100\n";
        statFile << "MANA: 50\n";
        statFile << "GOLD: 00\n";
        statFile << "INVENTORY: \n";
        statFile.close();

        cout << "Stats file created. Checking for saves file...\n";
        break;
    }
}

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   /* Check for file statement */
    bool ifstream chfl(char *f)
    {
        if (f.good())
        {
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
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