what does this error mean?

[tru178]

error C2819: type 'employee' does not have an overloaded member 'operator ->'

employee is a structure defined in employee.h.
i get this error when trying to populate that stucture by reading it from a data file in file "readit.cpp". readit() receives a pointer to that structure.

the error is located at
in.c->name;

 

[programsecrets]

What #include declarations do you have at the top of your file(s)?

You often want to include some of these (depending on your program):

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

 

[Zyrenthian]

Can you post the employee structure and the readit funciton?

Matt

 

[michaelkrauklis]

What is the variable &quot;in?&quot; c would have to be of type employee and would also have to be a member of &quot;in&quot; for this statement to be symanticly correct. The actual structure and function code would be good. Don't forget the

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