Extra qualification on member 'Operator>'

[thorpedo7]

I keep getting the error extra qualification on member 'Operator>' and I don't understand why. The error is with the statements below. I also tried changing it so that it just reads Employee2 operator>(Employee2& emp) but then it says it must have exactly 2 variables. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

bool Employee2::operator>(Employee2& emp); //in my header file

bool Employee2::operator>(Employee2& emp) //in my Employee2.cpp file
{
if(this->GetTotalEarned() > emp.GetTotalEarned())
{
cout << "The first Employee2 has earned more" << endl;
};
if(emp.GetTotalEarned() > this->GetTotalEarned())
{
cout << "The second Employee2 has earned more" << endl;
};
if(emp.GetTotalEarned() == this->GetTotalEarned())
{
cout << "Both Employee2's have earned the same amount" << endl;
}
return false;
}

[Darkmaster]

please post the whole code or tell us where in your header you defined that operator.
and use codetags "<>"

[thorpedo7]

sorry for the confusion, I'm still a little new to the forum but below is the full header code, most isn't important to know but the
bool Employee2::operator>(Employee2& emp); that is giving me errors in in public.

#ifndef Employee2_H //Employee2_H
#define Employee2_H
#include <string>

using namespace std;
class Employee2
{
public:
Employee2( unsigned int newID, string newLastName, string newFirstName, float newHourlyRate);
int GetID();
friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& stream, Employee2& cn );
void operator++();
void operator++(int dummy);
bool Employee2::operator>(Employee2& emp);
void SetID(int n);
string GetFirstName();
void SetFirstName(string str);
string GetLastName();
void SetLastName(string str);
float GetHourlyRate();
void SetHourlyRate(float n);
float Pay(float nHours);
float SalaryEarned( float nHours);
float GetTotalEarned();

private:
unsigned int ID;
string LastName;
string FirstName;
float HourlyRate;
float TotalEarned;
void increment();
};

#endif //Employee2_H

[coder777]

Remove Employee2:: in front of the the operator

[thorpedo7]

I removed that but then it reads back an error that the operator> must take exactly two arguments, which mine only has one

[pogrady]

Then put two arguments in.

[coder777]

I removed that but then it reads back an error that the operator> must take exactly two arguments, which mine only has one

in your header file within your class of course. Why is that so difficult to see?