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    copied!<p>EDITED BELOW FOR UPDATES!!! Thank you for the help, please by all means point out ALL mistakes , I don't care if it sounds rude or mean or whatever, emo junk. Just give it to me straight so I can understand what is going wrong.</p> <p>Hi everyone!</p> <p>I am a rookie C++ programmer trying to learn and gain some IRL exp for C++.</p> <p>I am attempting the following inside my VC++ (vs2008) compiler:</p> <pre><code>typedef unsigned short USHORT; class Grid { ... public: Grid() { Tile[36]* tileList_ptr; } ... }; </code></pre> <p>In essence, I want to put 36 tiles , slam them into an array nice and tidy on the heap for a 8x8 playfield that never changes in size. Like a chessboard. Refer to them with a pointer, and fiddle with them in the related cpp file if needed.</p> <p>If you aren't laughing by now at this attempt then I probably made a syntax error instead of major design flaw :P</p> <p>Any help would be much appreciated!</p> <p>Thanks in advance</p> <p>EDIT 24/08/2010 13:49 (Time of start)</p> <p>My code is now as following example:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Grid Header file Grid.h:</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>#include "Tile.h" class Grid { //no more typedef used public: Tile grid[8][8]; private: unsigned short selectedItemIndexValue; public: Grid() { Initialize(); } ~Grid(){} void Update(); void FinalizeMove(unsigned short index); void Draw(); private: void Initialize(); //Initializes members }; </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>The Grid.cpp file:</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>#include "stdafx.h" #include "Grid.h" //Not tile , that used to give me a class redefinition error unsigned short selectedItemIndexValue; //No more typedef used void Grid::Update() { //Respond to controller commands } void Grid::FinalizeMove(unsigned short index) { } void Grid::Draw() { } void Grid::Initialize() { for(int i = 0; i &lt; 4; i++) { Grid::grid[i] = new Tile::Tile(10,10); // ATTEMPT AT FILLING ARRAY } } </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>Tile.h file</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>class Tile { public: private: enum TileOccupation { EmptyTile = 0, WhiteSphere = 1, BlackSphere = 2 }; unsigned short horizontalDimensions; unsigned short verticalDimensions; public: Tile(){} ~Tile(){} void Update(); void Draw(); }; </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>Tile.cpp file:</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>#include "stdafx.h" #include "Tile.h" void Tile::Update() { } void Tile::Draw() { } </code></pre> <p>The attempt at filling the array in Grid.cpp is returning via the compiler the following error message: "Error 1 error C2061: syntax error : identifier '{ctor}'"</p> <p>MSDN helped me giving me this:</p> <p>"Compiler Error C2061. The compiler found an identifier where it wasn't expected. Make sure that identifier is declared before you use it."</p> <p>I have failed at analysing it's meaning. What exactly have I done wrong here ? And what other problems are there to be found in my project? All help and comments will be much appreciated. Just assume I know 0% of C++</p>
 

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