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    copied!<p>I get the following errors when I try to build this project:</p> <pre><code>error C2182: 'read_data':illegal use of type 'void' error C2078: too many initializers errors c2440: 'initializing': cannot convert from 'std::ofstream' to int </code></pre> <p>All of the above seem to be pointing to my function call on line 72, which is this line: void read_data(finput, foutput);</p> <p>I've looked up these error codes on the MSDN site but wasn't able to use the description to deduce what might be wrong.</p> <p>Any ideas/tips are appreciated.</p> <pre><code>#include &lt;iostream&gt; #include &lt;fstream&gt; #include &lt;iomanip&gt; #include &lt;string&gt; using namespace std; void read_data(ifstream&amp; finput, ofstream&amp; foutput); //PRE: The address of the ifstream &amp; ofstream objects is passed to the function //POST: The data values are read in until the end of the file is reached void print_data(ofstream&amp; foutput, string fname, string lname, int largest, int smallest); //PRE: The address of the ofstream object and the values of fname, lname and largest and smallest integer // in each row is passed to the function //POST: The values are outpur to the file with formatting int max(int num1, int num2, int num3, int num4); //PRE: Four integer values are passed to the function //POST: The largest of the four integer values is returned int min(int num1, int num2, int num3, int num4); //PRE: Four integer values are passed to the function //POST: The smallest of the four integer values is returned int main() { //Declare the filestream objects ifstream finput; ofstream foutput; //Attempt to open the input &amp; output files //In each case, print an error message and quit if they fail to open finput.open("program4_input.txt"); if (finput.fail()) { cout &lt;&lt;"The input file failed to open!" &lt;&lt; endl; return exit(1); } foutput.open("output.txt"); if (foutput.fail()) { cout &lt;&lt;"The output file failed to open!" &lt;&lt; endl; return exit(2); } void read_data(finput, foutput); return 0; } //Function definitions void read_data(ifstream&amp; finput, ofstream&amp; foutput) { string fname, lname; int num1, num2, num3, num4, largest, smallest; while(finput &gt;&gt; fname) { finput &gt;&gt; lname &gt;&gt; num1 &gt;&gt; num2 &gt;&gt; num3 &gt;&gt; num4; largest = max(num1, num2, num3, num4); smallest = min(num1, num2, num3, num4); print_data(foutput, fname, lname, largest, smallest); } } void print_data(ofstream&amp; foutput, string fname, string lname, int largest, int smallest) { foutput &lt;&lt; setw(15) &lt;&lt; fname &lt;&lt; setw(15) &lt;&lt; lname &lt;&lt; setw(10) &lt;&lt; largest &lt;&lt; setw(10) &lt;&lt; smallest &lt;&lt; endl; } int max(int num1, int num2, int num3, int num4) { int lnum, lnum1, lnum2; if (num1 &gt; num2) { lnum1 = num1; } else lnum1 = num2; if (num3 &gt; num4) { lnum2 = num3; } else lnum2 = num4; if (lnum1 &gt; lnum2) { lnum = lnum1; } else lnum = lnum2; return lnum; } int min(int num1, int num2, int num3, int num4) { int snum, snum1, snum2; if (num1 &lt; num2) { snum1 = num1; } else snum1 = num2; if (num3 &gt; num4) { snum2 = num3; } else snum2 = num4; if (snum1 &gt; snum2) { snum = snum1; } else snum = snum2; return snum; } </code></pre>
 

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