a bit help

[Maissa]

so i have this code that wouldn't run

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>

class student{
public :
char name[20],sex;
};
class kid:public student{
private:
int age;
public:
kid(){}
kid (int a){age=a;}
void regist(int f){
if(f>5)cout<<"first grade";
else if (f==5)cout<<"level three";
else if(f==4)cout<<"level two";
else if (f==3)cout<<"level one";
else cout<<"too small";
};

void main(){
 kid K;
 int f;
 cout<<"enter the kids name";
cin>> K.name;
cout<<"enter his gender";
cin>>K.sex;
cout<<"age";
cin>>f;
kid *r();
  r=new kid();
  r->regist(f);
 getch();
}

could someone point out to me where i did wrong ?

[MikeyBoy]

What do you mean by "wouldn't run"? What behaviour are you seeing when you run it? What errors are you getting?

[Maissa]

it wont work at all
i get :
lvalue required
pointer to structure required on left side of -> or ->*
declaration terminated incorrectly

[MikeyBoy]

Um, those don't look like runtime errors at all. They look like compilation errors, to me.

Could you please give us the full errors?

[Maissa]

-compiling C:"The location basically"
!project2.cpp(32,1) lvalue required
!project2.cpp(33,1)pointer to structure required on left side of -> or ->*
!project2.cpp(36,1)declaration terminated incorrectly


is this what you mean ?

[mutexe]

yea this wont compile.
for starters you're using cout with a std:: or having a using directive near the top of the file. (and you need to include iosteam and not iostream.h)

plus some other stuff.

[Maissa]

we(our college) has never used iosteam what's the difference ?!
also whats up with my pointer ?!

[MikeyBoy]

At line 31, you're declaring a function called r, that returns a pointer to a kid. The compiler warning for line 32 indicates that you're trying to use a function name as a variable whose value can be set.

The compiler warning for line 33 is for much the same reason - you're trying to use a function name as a pointer variable.

[mutexe]

http://members.gamedev.net/sicrane/articles/iostream.html

And i dont know if you even need to use a pointer for your kid.

[Maissa]

@mutexe
you are probably right , the thing is it is a condition in the project + thanks for the link

so now i changed it a bit and the errors are now only
!project2.cpp(36,1)declaration terminated incorrectly

this is what i did

void main(){
 kid K;
 int f;
 cout<<"enter the kids name";
cin>> K.name;
cout<<"enter his gender";
cin>>K.sex;
cout<<"age";
cin>>f;
kid *r;
  r= new kid();
  r->regist(f);
 getch();
}

[MikeyBoy]

The main function is supposed to return an int, indicating any error status. This allows the operating system to detect the exit status of the application.