Visibility of objects across files

[Balrog]

I've been stuck for some time on an error regarding the visibility of objects declared in one file in other files in my project. I'm using VCE 2010, and here are a few relevant snippets:

Player.h

#ifndef player_h
#define player_h
class Player
{
// . . . .
}player;
#endif 

Player.cpp

#ifndef Player_cpp
#define Player_cpp

#include"Player.h"
// . . . .
#endif 

Main.cpp

#ifndef ShadesOfBlue_cpp
#define ShadesOfBlue_cpp
#include"Player.h"
extern Player player;
// . . . .
#endif 

All of my errors stem from the fact that Main does not recognize the player object. Thanks in advance for any help.

[mik2718]

maybe just define the class in Player.h, Player.cpp and instance the object in Main

Player.h

#ifndef player_h
#define player_h
class Player
{
// . . . .
};
#endif  

Main.cpp

#ifndef ShadesOfBlue_cpp
#define ShadesOfBlue_cpp
#include"Player.h"
Player player; // global to Main.cpp
// . . . .
#endif  

[Peter87]

You also don't need to have header guards in the source files.