I keep getting this error...can someone help me??

Question

inlab17a.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:

inlab17a.cpp:16:9: error: request for member ‘readFile’ in ‘store1’, which is of non-class type ‘StoreClass()’

store1.readFile("ex3_data.0");

^~~~~~~~

inlab17a.cpp:19:9: error: request for member ‘PrintStore’ in ‘store1’, which is of non-class type ‘StoreClass()’

store1.PrintStore();

and here is the code

//File: inlab17a.cpp

//

//This is a simple test program to test the

//store class.

#include "storeClassa.h"

int main()

{

//create an instance of the store class

//add the declaration for store 1 using

//the default constructor here

StoreClass store1();

//read information about the store

store1.readFile("ex3_data.0");

//print all information about the store

store1.PrintStore();

return 0;

}

Answer 1

You don't need the pair of parenthesis when creating an instance of StoreClass on the stack if using the default constructor. So that first line in main() after the comments should just be:

StoreClass store1;

You only need the parenthesis when creating it on the heap, such as:

StoreClass *store1 = new StoreClass();