ERROR: expected primary expression before '*' token

Hey guys, on the line 41 "if(volume_box(BOX *box)>1000)", of my code, I get an error "expected primary expression before '*' token". Could somebody please help me out on this one?
Thanks, Best regards!

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 #include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std;

typedef struct BOX
{
    double length;
    double width;
    double height;
} BOX;

void create_box(BOX *box)
{
    box->length=rand()%101+1;
    box->width=rand()%101+1;
    box->height=rand()%101+1;

}

void display_box(BOX *box)
{
    cout<<"Length: "<<box->length<<"mm"<<endl;
    cout<<"Width: "<<box->width<<"mm"<<endl;
    cout<<"Height: "<<box->height<<"mm"<<endl;
    cout<<endl;


}

double volume_box(BOX *box)
{
    double v=box->height * box->length * box->width;
    return v;
}

double find_number_box(BOX *box)
{
    double volume_counter=0.0;
    if(volume_box(BOX *box)>1000);
    {
        ++volume_counter;
    }
    cout<<"Number of boxes for which volume is greater than 1000 cm^3: "<<volume_counter<<" boxes"<<endl;
    return volume_counter;
}

int main()
{
    cout << "12B" << endl;
    cout<<endl;

    int const array_size=400;
    BOX array_box[array_size]= {0};

    for(int i=0; i<array_size; i++)
    {
        create_box(&array_box[i]);
        display_box(&array_box[i]);
        find_number_box(&array_box[i]);
    }
    return 0;
}
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It looks like too many BOX....

you passing BOX *box into the function, then you redeclaring it when you call volume_box.

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double find_number_box(BOX *box)
{
	double volume_counter = 0.0;
	if (volume_box(box) > 1000);
	{
		++volume_counter;
	}
	cout << "Number of boxes for which volume is greater than 1000 cm^3: " << volume_counter << " boxes" << endl;
	return volume_counter;
}


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Thank you so much Grunalin. It works perfectly now.
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