Trouble with template function

I'm trying to debug a program for an assignment, and I believe most of the errors are fixed, but there are still one or two I am having trouble finding.

These are the compiler errors:
9.1.cpp(47): error C2275: 'Magazine' : illegal use of this type as an expression
1> 9.1.cpp(18) : see declaration of 'Magazine'
9.1.cpp(48): error C2144: syntax error : 'int' should be preceded by ')'
1>9.1.cpp(48): error C2780: 'void display(T)' : expects 1 arguments - 0 provided
1> 9.1.cpp(11) : see declaration of 'display'
1>9.1.cpp(48): error C2059: syntax error : ')'

Visual Studio 2010 underlines these as red:
display(Magazine);
display(int);

This is what the code looks like now:
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// This program uses a template to display data of 2 different types.
    // An object of type Magazine and an integer
#include "stdafx.h"
#include<iostream>
#include<string.h>
#include<conio.h>
using namespace std;

template<class T>
void display(T x)
{
  cout<<endl<<"My output value is "<<endl;
  cout<<"     "<<T.x;
}

class Magazine
 {
  private:
   int chartNum;
   char cover[30];
   double cost;
  public:
   Magazine(int sn,char t[], double pr);
   friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, Magazine b);
 };

 Magazine::Magazine(int sn, char t[], double pr)
{
 Magazine::chartNum = sn;
 strcpy(Magazine::cover, t);
 Magazine::cost = pr;
}

ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, Magazine b)
{
  out<<"Magazine number "<<b.chartNum<<" coverd "<<b.cover<<endl;
  out<<"     sells for "<<b.cost<<endl;
  return(out);
}

void main()
{
  Magazine aMagazine(222,"New York Journal",12.99);
  int aNumber = 91;

  display(Magazine);
  display(int);
  getch();
}


Please let me know if I need to provide anything else. Thank you for any assistance!
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display(Magazine);
  display(int);

should be
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display<Magazine>( aMagazine);
  display<int> (aNumber);


also in display T.x is not correct at all please review templates at
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/templates/

T is your type, x is a variable of that type.
you simply need to change T.x to just x in this case
Last edited on
Types are not variables.

Arguments to functions must be variables.

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int main()
{
    Magazine aMagazine(222,"New York Journal",12.99);
    int aNumber = 91;

    display(aMagazine);
    display(aNumber);
}
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