Unresolved externals error while calling static function

Asked Jul 08 '12 at 20:18

Active Jul 08 '12 at 20:18

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This is driving me absolutely nuts. I've tried everything I've found on other posts here, and nothing works... this should NOT be this complicated.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

class SavingsAccount
{
private:
    float savingsBalance;   
    static float annualInterestRate;

public:

    static void modifyInterestRate(float interestRate)
    {
        annualInterestRate = interestRate;
    }


};

int main()
{
    SavingsAccount::modifyInterestRate(.03);

    cout << endl;
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

Getting an unresolved externals error.

asked Jul 08 '12 at 20:18

Relevant

1

You've declared `annualInterestRate` in the class but you haven't actually defined it anywhere. – Paul R Jul 08 '12 at 20:30
I tried defining it in the modifyInterestRate function, but I got a scope error. – Relevant Jul 08 '12 at 20:34
1

Between your class and int main() add float SavingsAccount::annualInterestRate; – Stefan Jul 08 '12 at 20:36

Unresolved externals error while calling static function

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