can't find error

[closed account 9N36C542]

Where could the error be? I realize this is a small segment of the code but I can't figure out what to do. It says the '.' needs an expected initializer, but I don't know where to put it.

void remove_duplicate()//this function removes the duplicate IDs

{
ifstream myfile.open("counted.txt");

[oGN8b7Xj]

Hmmm... A semi-colon is missing?

[Chervil]

change it to simply:

    ifstream myfile("counted.txt"); 

well, this is also valid, but there's no benefit in doing so here:

    ifstream myfile; 
    myfile.open("counted.txt"); 

[closed account 9N36C542]

Thanks Chervil!