[RESOLVED] error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'

Hey guys, I was trying to write a character controller but when I went to add my pointer to my character I get error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'

I've looked at all my classes involved but I don't see any errors and Visual Studio doesn't report any other specific errors. Is there any way of finding the source of this type of error?

Yes there is....post the offending line of code....and several before and after so we can help you fix your problem...

ok -
<code>
void updateCameraGoal(Real deltaYaw, Real deltaPitch, Real deltaZoom)
{
mCameraPivot->yaw(Degree(deltaYaw), Node::TS_WORLD);

// bound the pitch
if (!(mPivotPitch + deltaPitch > 25 && deltaPitch > 0) &&
!(mPivotPitch + deltaPitch < -60 && deltaPitch < 0))
{
mCameraPivot->pitch(Degree(deltaPitch), Node::TS_LOCAL);
mPivotPitch += deltaPitch;
}

Real dist = mCameraGoal->_getDerivedPosition().distance(mCameraPivot->_getDerivedPosition());
Real distChange = deltaZoom * dist;

// bound the zoom
if (!(dist + distChange < 8 && distChange < 0) &&
!(dist + distChange > 25 && distChange > 0))
{
mCameraGoal->translate(0, 0, distChange, Node::TS_LOCAL);
}
}
protected:
CharacterOgre * mChar;
</code>

Why dont my code tags work? Offending line is CharacterOgre * mChar;

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Originally Posted by drwbns

Why dont my code tags work?

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After 121 posts, you don't realize that code tags use square brackets?

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Offending line is CharacterOgre * mChar;

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So how can you use a type that the compiler doesn't know anything about? What is a "CharacterOgre"? I don't see that definition anywhere, and neither does the compiler.

When you post code that doesn't compile, you should post all the code that you're trying to compile. If I took what you posted, I would get a boatload of other errors.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

Sorry, I don't post here very often and a lot of other sites use <code> for tags. But I solved the problem, I had 2 headers including each other