C++ Invalid use Of Member Function (Did You Forget The '()'?)

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I'm having trouble getting my program to compile. The error is happening on line 165-177. All I added was the test for the presence of letters and I got an error, hope you can help! Full Code http://pastebin.com/embed.php?i=WHrSasYk

(Attached below is code)

do
{
  cout << "\nCustomer Details:";

  cout << "\n\tCustomer Name:";
  cout << "\n\t\tFirst Name:";
  getline (cin, Cust_FName, '\n');
  if (Quotation::Cust_FName.length() <= 1)
    ValidCustDetails = false;
  else
  {
    // Error line 165!
    for (unsigned short i = 0; i <= Cust_FName.length; i++)
      if (!isalpha(Quotation::Cust_FName.at(i)))
        ValidCustDetails = false;
  }
  cin.ignore();
  cout << "\t\tLast Name:";
  getline (cin, Cust_LName, '\n');
  if (Cust_LName.length () <= 1)
    ValidCustDetails = false;
  else
  {
    // Error line 177!
    for (unsigned short i = 0; i <= Cust_LName.length; i++)
      if (!isalpha(Cust_LName.at(i)))
        ValidCustDetails = false;
  }
  cin.ignore();
}
while(!ValidCustDetails);

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 30 '14 at 21:37

10

These lines are your problem:

for (unsigned short i = 0; i <= Cust_FName.length; i++)
for (unsigned short i = 0; i <= Cust_LName.length; i++)
//                                              ^^

std::string::length is a function, so you need to invoke it with parens:

for (unsigned short i = 0; i <= Cust_FName.length(); i++)
for (unsigned short i = 0; i <= Cust_LName.length(); i++)

answered Dec 30 '14 at 21:37

cdhowie

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And to fix runtime error, replace `<=` by `<` or `!=`. – Jarod42 Dec 30 '14 at 21:39

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '14 at 21:38

3

I suspect that Cust_LName is a std::string so you should add () after length :

Cust_LName.length()

answered Dec 30 '14 at 21:38

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C++ Invalid use Of Member Function (Did You Forget The '()'?)

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