Problem with error message creating an instance of a struct

[Jake123456]

This is the error I am getting on the "return *node1"
Error: no suitable conversion function from "BinaryTreeNode" to "int" exists

BinaryTreeNode* node1 = new BinaryTreeNode;
node1->left = NULL;
node1->right = NULL;
node1->freq = 15;
return *node1;

[gunnerfunner]

You're returning a BinaryTreeNode object by value from the function. Does it match your function signature or does the function expect an int return?