Classes in [C++]

So I am having serious beef with classes in C++. I am trying to make a really simple text based chess game using classes but I cannot get classes to work for the life of me. It's not even complicated stuff and the notes aren't being very helpful. Anyway heres my problem

The header is

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class castle
{
public:
castle();
~castle(); //used when piece is destroyed
int pnumber();
int colour();
int ver(); //position on board
int hor(); //position on board
};


and the main



#include "chess.h"

void main()
{
castle cas1;
cas1.colour = 1;
}


I just cannot get it to compile - tried many different waits of creating the class but I want to make it and give it all of the parameters included in the header. Where am I going wrong guys? >.<

int main man

In the class you've defined colour as a function that returns an integer

Instead of

int colour();
it should be
int colour;

pnumber, ver and hor are also functions when they should be variables

Change your class to

Code:

class castle
{
public:
castle();
~castle(); //used when piece is destroyed
int pnumber;
int colour;
int ver; //position on board
int hor; //position on board
};

Thank you so much it works now This has been bugging me for ages!

Np

Also to note, it's standard to make all your variables private members and use functions to access them ie:

Code:

class castle
{
private:
   int pnumber;
   int colour;
   int ver;
   int hor;
 public:
   castle();
   ~castle(); //used when piece is destroyed

   void setpnumber(int p) { pnumber = p; }
   int getpnumber() const { return pnumber; }
   //etc for all variables
   //...
};

But I think this is stupid and just wastes time

So next issue is trying to print a pointer.

In my class I have a pointer effectively giving each object a number so I can loop through all the objects quickly. Here is the code (but I've taken all the useless stuff out to make it easier to understand


class team
{
public:
void creation();
int *pnumber;
};


------------------------------
http://team.h
team::pnumber = 1

void creation(){
*pnumber++;
}




My question is how do I then print each objects individual *pnumber. I tried making a pointer to the pointer but am still having no luck.

If by object you mean each chess piece, you could remove the need for pointers by doing:

Code:


enum chessType { castle,king,queen }; //etc

class chessPiece
{
 public:
   chessPiece();
   ~chessPiece(); //used when piece is destroyed
   
   chessType Type;
   int pnumber;
   int colour;
   int ver;
   int hor;

};

int main()
{
   //make all pieces and push them into a vector

   vector<chessPiece> cp;

   chessPiece temp;
   temp.Type = castle;
   //etc

   cp.push_back(temp);
   
   //rest of pieces

   for (int i=0;i<cp.size();i++)
   {
      //cp[i]
      //loops through all pieces
   }
}