Error count is not a member of std

I'm practicing using mulitple files and header files etc. So I have this project which takes two numbers and then adds them. Pretty simple. Here are my files: main.cpp #include #

I’m practicing using mulitple files and header files etc. So I have this project which takes two numbers and then adds them. Pretty simple.

Here are my files:

main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "add.h"

int main()
{
    int x = readNumber();
    int y = readNumber();

    writeAnswer(x + y);

    return(0);
}

io.cpp

int readNumber()
{
    int x;

    std::cout << "Number: ";
    std::cin >> x;

    return x;
}

void writeAnswer(int x)
{
    std::cout << "Answer: ";
    std::cout << x;
}

add.h

#ifndef ADD_H_INCLUDED
#define ADD_H_INCLUDED

int readNumber();
void writeAnswer(int x);

#endif // #ifndef ADD_H_INCLUDED

The error is showing up in io.cpp. The exact errors are:

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Does anyone have any idea why this may be happening? Thanks.

EDIT: I made a small project yesterday with the same amount of files (2 .cpp and 1.h) and I didn’t include the iostream header in the other .cpp and it still compiled and ran fine.

Ernestas Gruodis's user avatar

asked Jul 7, 2012 at 14:43

Paul Hannon's user avatar

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add #include <iostream> to the start of io.cpp too.

answered Jul 7, 2012 at 14:45

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If you’re using pre-compiled headers with Microsoft’s compiler (MSVC), remember that it must be:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>

and not the other way around:

#include <iostream>
#include "stdafx.h"

In other words, the pre-compiled header include file must always come first. (The compiler should give you an error specifically explaining this if you forget.)

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Cody Gray

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answered Sep 20, 2018 at 19:41

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I had a similar issue and it turned out that i had to add an extra entry in cmake to include the files.

Since i was also using the zmq library I had to add this to the included libraries as well.

answered May 22, 2018 at 17:26

Marco Rubio's user avatar

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// sstream standard header
#pragma once
#ifndef _SSTREAM_
#define _SSTREAM_
#ifndef RC_INVOKED
#include <string>
 
#ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma pack(push,_CRT_PACKING)
 #pragma warning(push,3)
#endif  /* _MSC_VER */
 
_STD_BEGIN
 
  #pragma warning(disable:4251)
 
        // TEMPLATE CLASS basic_stringbuf
template<class _Elem,
    class _Traits,
    class _Alloc>
    class basic_stringbuf
        : public basic_streambuf<_Elem, _Traits>
    {   // stream buffer maintaining an allocated character array
public:
    typedef _Alloc allocator_type;
    typedef basic_streambuf<_Elem, _Traits> _Mysb;
    typedef basic_string<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> _Mystr;
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_stringbuf(ios_base::openmode _Mode =
        ios_base::in | ios_base::out)
        {   // construct empty character buffer from mode
        _Init(0, 0, _Getstate(_Mode));
        }
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_stringbuf(const _Mystr& _Str,
        ios_base::openmode _Mode = ios_base::in | ios_base::out)
        {   // construct character buffer from string, mode
        _Init(_Str.c_str(), _Str.size(), _Getstate(_Mode));
        }
 
    virtual __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL ~basic_stringbuf()
        {   // destroy the object
        _Tidy();
        }
 
    enum
        {   // constants for bits in stream state
        _Allocated = 1, // set if character array storage has been allocated
        _Constant = 2// set if character array nonmutable
        _Noread = 4,    // set if character array cannot be read
        _Append = 8,    // set if all writes are appends
        _Atend = 16};   // set if initial writes are appends
    typedef int _Strstate;
 
    typedef typename _Traits::int_type int_type;
    typedef typename _Traits::pos_type pos_type;
    typedef typename _Traits::off_type off_type;
 
    _Mystr __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str() const
        {   // return string copy of character array
        if (!(_Mystate & _Constant) && _Mysb::pptr() != 0)
            {   // writable, make string from write buffer
            _Mystr _Str(_Mysb::pbase(), (_Seekhigh < _Mysb::pptr()
                ? _Mysb::pptr() : _Seekhigh) - _Mysb::pbase());
            return (_Str);
            }
        else if (!(_Mystate & _Noread) && _Mysb::gptr() != 0)
            {   // readable, make string from read buffer
            _Mystr _Str(_Mysb::eback(), _Mysb::egptr() - _Mysb::eback());
            return (_Str);
            }
        else
            {   // inaccessible, return empty string
            _Mystr _Nul;
            return (_Nul);
            }
        }
 
    void __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str(const _Mystr& _Newstr)
        {   // replace character array from string
        _Tidy();
        _Init(_Newstr.c_str(), _Newstr.size(), _Mystate);
        }
 
protected:
    virtual int_type __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL overflow(int_type _Meta = _Traits::eof())
        {   // put an element to stream
        if (_Mystate & _Append
            && _Mysb::pptr() != 0 && _Mysb::pptr() < _Seekhigh)
            _Mysb::setp(_Mysb::pbase(), _Seekhigh, _Mysb::epptr());
 
        if (_Traits::eq_int_type(_Traits::eof(), _Meta))
            return (_Traits::not_eof(_Meta));   // EOF, return success code
        else if (_Mysb::pptr() != 0
            && _Mysb::pptr() < _Mysb::epptr())
            {   // room in buffer, store it
            *_Mysb::_Pninc() = _Traits::to_char_type(_Meta);
            return (_Meta);
            }
        else if (_Mystate & _Constant)
            return (_Traits::eof());    // array nonmutable, fail
        else
            {   // grow buffer and store element
            size_t _Oldsize = _Mysb::pptr() == 0
                ? 0 : _Mysb::epptr() - _Mysb::eback();
            size_t _Newsize = _Oldsize;
            size_t _Inc = _Newsize / 2 < _MINSIZE
                ? _MINSIZE : _Newsize / 2;  // grow by 50 per cent
            _Elem *_Newptr = 0;
            _Elem *_Oldptr = _Mysb::eback();
 
            while (0 < _Inc && INT_MAX - _Inc < _Newsize)
                _Inc /= 2;  // increment causes overflow, halve it
            if (0 < _Inc)
                {   // finite increment, allocate new character array
                _Newsize += _Inc;
                _Newptr = _Al.allocate(_Newsize);
                }
 
            if (0 < _Oldsize)
                _Traits_helper::copy_s<_Traits>(_Newptr, _Newsize, _Oldptr, _Oldsize);
 
            if (_Oldsize == 0)
                {   // first growth, set up pointers
                _Seekhigh = _Newptr;
                _Mysb::setp(_Newptr, _Newptr + _Newsize);
                if (_Mystate & _Noread)
                    _Mysb::setg(_Newptr, 0, _Newptr);
                else
                    _Mysb::setg(_Newptr, _Newptr, _Newptr + 1);
                }
            else
                {   // not first growth, adjust pointers
                _Seekhigh = _Newptr + (_Seekhigh - _Oldptr);
                _Mysb::setp(_Newptr + (_Mysb::pbase() - _Oldptr),
                    _Newptr + (_Mysb::pptr() - _Oldptr),
                    _Newptr + _Newsize);
                if (_Mystate & _Noread)
                    _Mysb::setg(_Newptr, 0, _Newptr);
                else
                    _Mysb::setg(_Newptr,
                        _Newptr + (_Mysb::gptr() - _Oldptr),
                        _Mysb::pptr() + 1);
                }
 
            if (_Mystate & _Allocated)
                _Al.deallocate(_Oldptr, _Oldsize);
            _Mystate |= _Allocated;
 
            *_Mysb::_Pninc() = _Traits::to_char_type(_Meta);
            return (_Meta);
            }
        }
 
    virtual int_type __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL pbackfail(int_type _Meta = _Traits::eof())
        {   // put an element back to stream
        if (_Mysb::gptr() == 0
            || _Mysb::gptr() <= _Mysb::eback()
            || !_Traits::eq_int_type(_Traits::eof(), _Meta)
            && !_Traits::eq(_Traits::to_char_type(_Meta), _Mysb::gptr()[-1])
            && _Mystate & _Constant)
            return (_Traits::eof());    // can't put back, fail
        else
            {   // back up one position and store put-back character
            _Mysb::gbump(-1);
            if (!_Traits::eq_int_type(_Traits::eof(), _Meta))
                *_Mysb::gptr() = _Traits::to_char_type(_Meta);
            return (_Traits::not_eof(_Meta));
            }
        }
 
    virtual int_type __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL underflow()
        {   // get an element from stream, but don't point past it
        if (_Mysb::gptr() == 0)
            return (_Traits::eof());    // no character buffer, fail
        else if (_Mysb::gptr() < _Mysb::egptr())
            return (_Traits::to_int_type(*_Mysb::gptr()));  // return buffered
        else if (_Mystate & _Noread || _Mysb::pptr() == 0
            || _Mysb::pptr() <= _Mysb::gptr() && _Seekhigh <= _Mysb::gptr())
            return (_Traits::eof());    // can't read, fail
        else
            {   // extend read buffer into written area, then return buffered
            if (_Seekhigh < _Mysb::pptr())
                _Seekhigh = _Mysb::pptr();
            _Mysb::setg(_Mysb::eback(), _Mysb::gptr(), _Seekhigh);
            return (_Traits::to_int_type(*_Mysb::gptr()));
            }
        }
 
    virtual pos_type __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL seekoff(off_type _Off,
        ios_base::seekdir _Way,
        ios_base::openmode _Which = ios_base::in | ios_base::out)
        {   // change position by _Off, according to _Way, _Mode
        if (_Mysb::pptr() != 0 && _Seekhigh < _Mysb::pptr())
            _Seekhigh = _Mysb::pptr();  // update high-water pointer
 
        if (_Which & ios_base::in && _Mysb::gptr() != 0)
            {   // position within read buffer
            if (_Way == ios_base::end)
                _Off += (off_type)(_Seekhigh - _Mysb::eback());
            else if (_Way == ios_base::cur
                && (_Which & ios_base::out) == 0)
                _Off += (off_type)(_Mysb::gptr() - _Mysb::eback());
            else if (_Way != ios_base::beg)
                _Off = _BADOFF;
 
            if (0 <= _Off && _Off <= _Seekhigh - _Mysb::eback())
                {   // change read position
                _Mysb::gbump((int)(_Mysb::eback() - _Mysb::gptr() + _Off));
                if (_Which & ios_base::out && _Mysb::pptr() != 0)
                    _Mysb::setp(_Mysb::pbase(), _Mysb::gptr(),
                        _Mysb::epptr());    // change write position to match
                }
            else
                _Off = _BADOFF;
            }
        else if (_Which & ios_base::out && _Mysb::pptr() != 0)
            {   // position within write buffer
            if (_Way == ios_base::end)
                _Off += (off_type)(_Seekhigh - _Mysb::eback());
            else if (_Way == ios_base::cur)
                _Off += (off_type)(_Mysb::pptr() - _Mysb::eback());
            else if (_Way != ios_base::beg)
                _Off = _BADOFF;
 
            if (0 <= _Off && _Off <= _Seekhigh - _Mysb::eback())
                _Mysb::pbump((int)(_Mysb::eback()
                    - _Mysb::pptr() + _Off));   // change write position
            else
                _Off = _BADOFF;
            }
        else
            _Off = _BADOFF; // neither read nor write buffer selected, fail
        return (pos_type(_Off));
        }
 
    virtual pos_type __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL seekpos(pos_type _Ptr,
        ios_base::openmode _Mode = ios_base::in | ios_base::out)
        {   // change position to _Pos, according to _Mode
        streamoff _Off = (streamoff)_Ptr;
        if (_Mysb::pptr() != 0 && _Seekhigh < _Mysb::pptr())
            _Seekhigh = _Mysb::pptr();  // update high-water pointer
 
        if (_Off == _BADOFF)
            ;
        else if (_Mode & ios_base::in && _Mysb::gptr() != 0)
            {   // position within read buffer
            if (0 <= _Off && _Off <= _Seekhigh - _Mysb::eback())
                {   // change read position
                _Mysb::gbump((int)(_Mysb::eback() - _Mysb::gptr() + _Off));
                if (_Mode & ios_base::out && _Mysb::pptr() != 0)
                    _Mysb::setp(_Mysb::pbase(), _Mysb::gptr(),
                        _Mysb::epptr());    // change write position to match
                }
            else
                _Off = _BADOFF;
            }
        else if (_Mode & ios_base::out && _Mysb::pptr() != 0)
            {   // position within write buffer
            if (0 <= _Off && _Off <= _Seekhigh - _Mysb::eback())
                _Mysb::pbump((int)(_Mysb::eback()
                    - _Mysb::pptr() + _Off));   // change write position
            else
                _Off = _BADOFF;
            }
        else
            _Off = _BADOFF;
        return (streampos(_Off));
        }
 
    void __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL _Init(const _Elem *_Ptr,
        size_t _Count, _Strstate _State)
        {   // initialize buffer to [_Ptr, _Ptr + _Count), set state
        _Seekhigh = 0;
        _Mystate = _State;
 
        if (_Count != 0
            && (_Mystate & (_Noread | _Constant)) != (_Noread | _Constant))
            {   // finite buffer that can be read or written, set it up
            _Elem *_Pnew = _Al.allocate(_Count);
            _Traits_helper::copy_s<_Traits>(_Pnew, _Count, _Ptr, _Count);
            _Seekhigh = _Pnew + _Count;
 
            if (!(_Mystate & _Noread))
                _Mysb::setg(_Pnew, _Pnew,
                    _Pnew + _Count);    // setup read buffer
            if (!(_Mystate & _Constant))
                {   // setup write buffer, and maybe read buffer
                _Mysb::setp(_Pnew,
                    (_Mystate & _Atend) ? _Pnew + _Count : _Pnew,
                    _Pnew + _Count);
                if (_Mysb::gptr() == 0)
                    _Mysb::setg(_Pnew, 0, _Pnew);
                }
            _Mystate |= _Allocated;
            }
        }
 
    void __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL _Tidy()
        {   // discard any allocated buffer and clear pointers
        if (_Mystate & _Allocated)
            _Al.deallocate(_Mysb::eback(),
                (_Mysb::pptr() != 0 ? _Mysb::epptr()
                    : _Mysb::egptr()) - _Mysb::eback());
        _Mysb::setg(0, 0, 0);
        _Mysb::setp(0, 0);
        _Seekhigh = 0;
        _Mystate &= ~_Allocated;
        }
 
private:
    enum
        {   // constant for minimum buffer size
        _MINSIZE = 32};
 
    _Strstate __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL _Getstate(ios_base::openmode _Mode)
        {   // convert open mode to stream state bits
        _Strstate _State = (_Strstate)0;
        if (!(_Mode & ios_base::in))
            _State |= _Noread;
        if (!(_Mode & ios_base::out))
            _State |= _Constant;
        if (_Mode & ios_base::app)
            _State |= _Append;
        if (_Mode & ios_base::ate)
            _State |= _Atend;
        return (_State);
        }
 
    _Elem *_Seekhigh;   // the high-water pointer in character array
    _Strstate _Mystate; // the stream state
    allocator_type _Al; // the allocator object
    };
 
 #if defined(_DLL_CPPLIB) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
 
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_stringbuf<char,
    char_traits<char>, allocator<char> >;
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_stringbuf<wchar_t,
    char_traits<wchar_t>, allocator<wchar_t> >;
 
 
 
 #endif /* _DLL_CPPLIB */
 
        // TEMPLATE CLASS basic_istringstream
template<class _Elem,
    class _Traits,
    class _Alloc>
    class basic_istringstream
        : public basic_istream<_Elem, _Traits>
    {   // input stream associated with a character array
public:
    typedef _Alloc allocator_type;
    typedef basic_stringbuf<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> _Mysb;
    typedef basic_string<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> _Mystr;
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_istringstream(ios_base::openmode _Mode = ios_base::in)
        : basic_istream<_Elem, _Traits>(&_Stringbuffer),
            _Stringbuffer(_Mode | ios_base::in)
        {   // construct empty readable character buffer
        }
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_istringstream(const _Mystr& _Str,
        ios_base::openmode _Mode = ios_base::in)
        : basic_istream<_Elem, _Traits>(&_Stringbuffer),
            _Stringbuffer(_Str, _Mode | ios_base::in)
        {   // construct readable character buffer from NTCS
        }
 
    virtual __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL ~basic_istringstream()
        {   // destroy the object
        }
 
    _Mysb *__CLR_OR_THIS_CALL rdbuf() const
        {   // return pointer to file buffer
        return ((_Mysb *)&_Stringbuffer);
        }
 
    _Mystr __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str() const
        {   // return string copy of character array
        return (_Stringbuffer.str());
        }
 
    void __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str(const _Mystr& _Newstr)
        {   // replace character array from string
        _Stringbuffer.str(_Newstr);
        }
 
private:
    _Mysb _Stringbuffer;    // the string buffer
    };
 
 #if defined(_DLL_CPPLIB) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
 
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_istringstream<char,
    char_traits<char>, allocator<char> >;
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_istringstream<wchar_t,
    char_traits<wchar_t>, allocator<wchar_t> >;
 
 
 
 #endif /* _DLL_CPPLIB */
 
        // TEMPLATE CLASS basic_ostringstream
template<class _Elem,
    class _Traits,
    class _Alloc>
    class basic_ostringstream
        : public basic_ostream<_Elem, _Traits>
    {   // output stream associated with a character array
public:
    typedef _Alloc allocator_type;
    typedef basic_stringbuf<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> _Mysb;
    typedef basic_string<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> _Mystr;
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_ostringstream(ios_base::openmode _Mode = ios_base::out)
        : basic_ostream<_Elem, _Traits>(&_Stringbuffer),
            _Stringbuffer(_Mode | ios_base::out)
        {   // construct empty writable character buffer
        }
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_ostringstream(const _Mystr& _Str,
        ios_base::openmode _Mode = ios_base::out)
        : basic_ostream<_Elem, _Traits>(&_Stringbuffer),
            _Stringbuffer(_Str, _Mode | ios_base::out)
        {   // construct writable character buffer from NTCS
        }
 
    virtual __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL ~basic_ostringstream()
        {   // destroy the object
        }
 
    _Mysb *__CLR_OR_THIS_CALL rdbuf() const
        {   // return pointer to buffer
        return ((_Mysb *)&_Stringbuffer);
        }
 
    _Mystr __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str() const
        {   // return string copy of character array
        return (_Stringbuffer.str());
        }
 
    void __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str(const _Mystr& _Newstr)
        {   // replace character array from string
        _Stringbuffer.str(_Newstr);
        }
 
private:
    _Mysb _Stringbuffer;    // the string buffer
    };
 
 #if defined(_DLL_CPPLIB) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
 
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_ostringstream<char,
    char_traits<char>, allocator<char> >;
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_ostringstream<wchar_t,
    char_traits<wchar_t>, allocator<wchar_t> >;
 
 
 
 #endif /* _DLL_CPPLIB */
 
        // TEMPLATE CLASS basic_stringstream
template<class _Elem,
    class _Traits,
    class _Alloc>
    class basic_stringstream
        : public basic_iostream<_Elem, _Traits>
    {   // input/output stream associated with a character array
public:
    typedef _Elem char_type;
    typedef _Traits traits_type;
    typedef _Alloc allocator_type;
    typedef typename _Traits::int_type int_type;
    typedef typename _Traits::pos_type pos_type;
    typedef typename _Traits::off_type off_type;
    typedef basic_string<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> _Mystr;
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_stringstream(ios_base::openmode _Mode =
        ios_base::in | ios_base::out)
        : basic_iostream<_Elem, _Traits>(&_Stringbuffer),
            _Stringbuffer(_Mode)
        {   // construct empty character buffer
        }
 
    explicit __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL basic_stringstream(const _Mystr& _Str,
        ios_base::openmode _Mode = ios_base::in | ios_base::out)
        : basic_iostream<_Elem, _Traits>(&_Stringbuffer),
            _Stringbuffer(_Str, _Mode)
        {   // construct character buffer from NTCS
        }
 
    virtual __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL ~basic_stringstream()
        {   // destroy the object
        }
 
    basic_stringbuf<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> *__CLR_OR_THIS_CALL rdbuf() const
        {   // return pointer to buffer
        return ((basic_stringbuf<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc> *)&_Stringbuffer);
        }
 
    _Mystr __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str() const
        {   // return string copy of character array
        return (_Stringbuffer.str());
        }
 
    void __CLR_OR_THIS_CALL str(const _Mystr& _Newstr)
        {   // replace character array from string
        _Stringbuffer.str(_Newstr);
        }
 
private:
    basic_stringbuf<_Elem, _Traits, _Alloc>
        _Stringbuffer;  // the string buffer
    };
 
 #if defined(_DLL_CPPLIB) && !defined(_M_CEE_PURE)
 
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_stringstream<char,
    char_traits<char>, allocator<char> >;
template class _CRTIMP2_PURE basic_stringstream<wchar_t,
    char_traits<wchar_t>, allocator<wchar_t> >;
 
 
 
 #endif /* _DLL_CPPLIB */
_STD_END
 
#ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(pop)
 #pragma pack(pop)
#endif  /* _MSC_VER */
 
#endif /* RC_INVOKED */
#endif /* _SSTREAM_ */

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In this article, we have explored the reason behind the error «cout is not a member of std» and 2 fixes to resolve this compilation error with C++ code.

Table of contents:

  1. Reason for the error
  2. Fix 1: Add header file
  3. Fix 2: For Microsoft’s compiler MSVC

Reason for the error

While compiling a C++ code, you may face the following error:

cout is not a member of std

The reason is that the relevant header files are not provided in the code due to which the compiler is unable to locate the function cout.

Following C++ code which give this error when compiled:

int main() {
    std::cout << "data" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

In this article at OpenGenus, we have presented fixes which will resolve this issue.

The cout function is available in iostream header file which needs to be included at the beginning of the C++ code.

#include <iostream>

Following is the working code:

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::cout << "data" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

Fix 2: For Microsoft’s compiler MSVC

If you are compiling C++ code on Windows using Microsoft’s compiler MSVC (Microsoft Visual Code), include the header file stdafx.h just before iostream.

stdafx.h is a precompiled header file which is used in Microsoft Visual Studio to keep track of files which have been compiled once and not changed following it. This is an optimization in MSVC to reduce compilation time. If it is not added, correct header files are not included in subsequent runs. If iostream header file is not included due to this issue, the compilation error will come.

Include these header files in the same order:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>

Following is the working code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::cout << "data" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

Compile using MSVC.

With these fixes in this article at OpenGenus, the error must be resolved. Continue with your development.

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  • #include<iostream>
    #include «stdafx.h»
    #include<string>
    using namespace std;
    #include<io.h>

    void search(string path,int layer)
    // path stands for the folder name; layer stands for the current level of file systems
    {
        struct _finddata_t filefind;
        string curr = path+»\*.*»;
        int done = 0, i, handle;

        if((handle=_findfirst(curr.c_str(),&filefind))==-1){
      return; // no file exist in the folder
     }

        while(!(done=_findnext(handle,&filefind)))
        {
            if(!strcmp(filefind.name,»..»))
       continue;

              for(i=0;i<layer;i++) cout<<»  «;

              if ((_A_SUBDIR==filefind.attrib)) // if it is a fodler
            {     
                std::cout<<filefind.name<<«(dir)»<<endl;
                curr=path+»\»+filefind.name;
                search(curr,layer+1);
            }
            else
            {
                cout<<filefind.name<<endl;
            }
        }   
        _findclose(handle);     
    }
    void main()
    {
        string path;
        cout<<«input folder name»<<endl;
        cin>>path;
        search(path,0);
    }
    // that’s the source code

    >—— Build started: Project: Gary2, Configuration: Debug Win32 ——
    1>Compiling…
    1>directory.cpp
    1>c:usersgarydocumentsvisual studio 2005projectsgary2gary2directory.cpp(17) : warning C4244: ‘=’ : conversion from ‘intptr_t’ to ‘int’, possible loss of data
    1>c:usersgarydocumentsvisual studio 2005projectsgary2gary2directory.cpp(26) : error C2065: ‘cout’ : undeclared identifier
    1>c:usersgarydocumentsvisual studio 2005projectsgary2gary2directory.cpp(30) : error C2039: ‘cout’ : is not a member of ‘std’
    1>c:usersgarydocumentsvisual studio 2005projectsgary2gary2directory.cpp(45) : error C2065: ‘cin’ : undeclared identifier

Answers

  • Thank you, I have already found the solution. The fatal error i made here is putting stdfax in the wrong position. I should put it in the front of iostream

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      Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:13 AM

Hi,
Sorry, I hope this error is something real this time. I’m using GCC 5.4 and qt 5.6.2. I’m running from a GNU Guix build environment (technically on top Ubuntu, but the build is run in chroot so that isn’t relevant).

It fails like this:

g++ -c -pipe -O3 -std=gnu++0x -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I../../src/CnvHunter -I. -I../../src/cppCORE -I../../src/cppXML -I../../src/cppNGS -I../../bamtools/include -I../../src/cppNGSD -I/gnu/store/6fgh94phyq4239grgk8z7yjggldrvwbb-qt-5.6.2/include -I/gnu/store/6fgh94phyq4239grgk8z7yjggldrvwbb-qt-5.6.2/include/QtSql -I/gnu/store/6fgh94phyq4239grgk8z7yjggldrvwbb-qt-5.6.2/include/QtCore -I. -I/gnu/store/6fgh94phyq4239grgk8z7yjggldrvwbb-qt-5.6.2/mkspecs/linux-g++ -o main.o ../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp
../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void ConcreteTool::main()’:
../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp:1068:15: error: ‘pow’ is not a member of ‘std’
       rmsd += std::pow(samples[j]->doc[e]-samples[i]->doc[e], 2);
               ^
../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp:1068:15: note: suggested alternative:
In file included from /gnu/store/n6nvxlk2j8ysffjh3jphn1k5silnakh6-glibc-2.25/include/features.h:410:0,
                 from /gnu/store/5sv5zy2kgg6iaqyv8zw49w4243j0xkd0-gcc-5.4.0/include/c++/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bits/os_defines.h:39,
                 from /gnu/store/5sv5zy2kgg6iaqyv8zw49w4243j0xkd0-gcc-5.4.0/include/c++/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bits/c++config.h:482,
                 from /gnu/store/5sv5zy2kgg6iaqyv8zw49w4243j0xkd0-gcc-5.4.0/include/c++/cstddef:44,
                 from /gnu/store/6fgh94phyq4239grgk8z7yjggldrvwbb-qt-5.6.2/include/QtCore/qglobal.h:39,
                 from ../../src/cppCORE/cppCORE_global.h:4,
                 from ../../src/cppCORE/ToolBase.h:4,
                 from ../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp:1:
/gnu/store/n6nvxlk2j8ysffjh3jphn1k5silnakh6-glibc-2.25/include/bits/mathcalls.h:155:1: note:   ‘pow’
 __MATHCALL_VEC (pow,, (_Mdouble_ __x, _Mdouble_ __y));
 ^
../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp:1070:19: error: ‘sqrt’ is not a member of ‘std’
      rmsd = 1.0 / std::sqrt(rmsd/exon_indices.count());
                   ^
../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp:1070:19: note: suggested alternative:
In file included from /gnu/store/n6nvxlk2j8ysffjh3jphn1k5silnakh6-glibc-2.25/include/features.h:410:0,
                 from /gnu/store/5sv5zy2kgg6iaqyv8zw49w4243j0xkd0-gcc-5.4.0/include/c++/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bits/os_defines.h:39,
                 from /gnu/store/5sv5zy2kgg6iaqyv8zw49w4243j0xkd0-gcc-5.4.0/include/c++/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bits/c++config.h:482,
                 from /gnu/store/5sv5zy2kgg6iaqyv8zw49w4243j0xkd0-gcc-5.4.0/include/c++/cstddef:44,
                 from /gnu/store/6fgh94phyq4239grgk8z7yjggldrvwbb-qt-5.6.2/include/QtCore/qglobal.h:39,
                 from ../../src/cppCORE/cppCORE_global.h:4,
                 from ../../src/cppCORE/ToolBase.h:4,
                 from ../../src/CnvHunter/main.cpp:1:
/gnu/store/n6nvxlk2j8ysffjh3jphn1k5silnakh6-glibc-2.25/include/bits/mathcalls.h:158:1: note:   ‘sqrt’
 __MATHCALL (sqrt,, (_Mdouble_ __x));
 ^
make[2]: *** [Makefile:773: main.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/guix-build-ngs-bits-0-1.c39f1807.drv-0/source/build-tools-Linux-Release/CnvHunter'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1287: sub-CnvHunter-make_first] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/guix-build-ngs-bits-0-1.c39f1807.drv-0/source/build-tools-Linux-Release'
make: *** [Makefile:46: build_tools_release] Error 2

I put the full build log at https://gist.github.com/wwood/3118edc1036124628da6d4d1950c5ccb

I was able to get compilation to succeed by applying this patch:

diff --git a/src/CnvHunter/main.cpp b/src/CnvHunter/main.cpp
index e2edcf8..c4317ca 100644
--- a/src/CnvHunter/main.cpp
+++ b/src/CnvHunter/main.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QVector>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QDir>
+#include <cmath>
 #include "math.h"
 
 class SampleCorrelation;

Perhaps it makes sense to apply that or something similar.

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not a member of std

This problem has caused me hours of getting nothing done over the last 2 days…
If i make my own class and include a library in the .cpp, I keep getting ONE of these errors:
‘vector’ not a member of std;
‘string’ not a member of std;

in my .cpp file i have #include <vector> and #include <string>
i do NOT use «using namespace std;»

std::string x; is now working, when it would not work for my earlier class.
and yet
std::vector<int> my_vector; gives me the vector error.

I can’t figure out where it is going wrong. Sometimes it throws one error, and at times it throws the other. The code for the 2 classes is identical.
This is all very confusing… so here is the code that is throwing the vector error and NOT the string error.

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        Player();
        ~Player();
    private:
        std::string name;
        std::vector<Card> hand1;

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#include "Player.h"
#include "Card.h"
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>


Player::Player(){}

Player::~Player(){}

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Include <string> and <vector> inside the header file.

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#ifndef PLAYER_H
#define PLAYER_H

// Add these
#include <string>
#include <vector>

class Player
{

std::mystring x; is now working, when it would not work for my earlier class.

You added your own class to the

std

namespace? Don’t do that.

I’m sorry that was a typo!! I should have just copy and pasted my code.

std::string x;

Thank you for the help. I’m going to try it out now!

———

Wow… I thought you only had to include it in the .cpp!
I need to learn more about what happens when you make a class!

Thank you guys for saving me hours of time!

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I need to learn more about what happens when you make a class!

You need to learn more about what happens when you include a file. #include is just an automatic copy paste. It simply inserts the content of the file as-is. Instead of including a file you can copy the content of the file and paste it where you would have placed the include. That would give the exact same result.

Sometimes it can look like you don’t need to include some headers in a header file because they are included by the source file. If you have no includes inside Player.h you could still make it work by including the headers that Player.h needs before including Player.h.

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#include <vector>
#include "Player.h" 

But I don’t recommend doing it this way. It’s much better if you always try to make sure that the header files can be compiled on their own without relying on the file that includes them to work.

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  1. Question Cout not a member of STD class? WTH?

    I’m trying to learn socket programming in C++ using a tutorial online. After giving up, I just copied every file from the website and ran make as instructed. It says cout is not a member of std… but cout is ALWAYS a member of std (as far as I know) so it’s very frustrating.

    g++ -c -o ServerSocket.o ServerSocket.cpp
    g++ -c -o Socket.o Socket.cpp
    Socket.cpp: In member function �int Socket::recv(std::string&) const�:
    Socket.cpp:135:7: error: �cout� is not a member of �std�
    make: *** [Socket.o] Error 1

    If something is not broken, fix it! Modfy every bit of it you can! Break it! This is how improvement and real education happens.


  2. Re: Cout not a member of STD class? WTH?

    I don’t do C++, but I’m 99% sure you’re missing:

    Code:

    #include <iostream>


  3. Re: Cout not a member of STD class? WTH?

    What is the actual code? You are making us guess over here. You need to call cout with:

    Code:

    std::cout << " Hello Cruel World " << std::endl;


  4. Re: Cout not a member of STD class? WTH?

    Yes, I have #include <iostream> in my code
    Neither this code:

    Code:

    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main() {
    
     cout << "test" << endl;
     return 0;
    }

    not this code:

    Code:

    #include <iostream>
    
    int main() {
    
     std::cout << "test" << endl;
     return 0;
    }

    Seems to work . . .

    Although, from that I get a slightly different error:

    Code:

    /tmp/cc4SNKht.o: In function `main':
    test.cpp:(.text+0x14): undefined reference to `std::cout'
    test.cpp:(.text+0x19): undefined reference to `std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::operator<< <std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*)'
    test.cpp:(.text+0x21): undefined reference to `std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::endl<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&)'
    test.cpp:(.text+0x29): undefined reference to `std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& (*)(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&))'
    /tmp/cc4SNKht.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)':
    test.cpp:(.text+0x51): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::Init()'
    test.cpp:(.text+0x56): undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::~Init()'
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

    If something is not broken, fix it! Modfy every bit of it you can! Break it! This is how improvement and real education happens.


  5. Re: Cout not a member of STD class? WTH?

    WOW, I was using gcc, not g++! (well, the second time I was) Sorry for wasting your time everyone! lol

    If something is not broken, fix it! Modfy every bit of it you can! Break it! This is how improvement and real education happens.


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