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

[drwbns]

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?

[Vanaj]

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

[drwbns]

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;

[Paul McKenzie]

Why dont my code tags work?

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

Offending line is CharacterOgre * mChar;

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

[drwbns]

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