Hi im trying to define an alias called USHORT.
// *****************
// Demonstrates typedef keyword
#include <iostream>
typedef unsigned short int USHORT; // typedef defined
main()
{
USHORT Width = 5;
USHORT Length;
Length = 10;
USHORT Area = Width * Length;
std::cout << "Width:" << Width << "\n";
std::cout << "Length: " << Length << std::endl;
std::cout << "Area: " << Area;
}
I keep getting a compiler error saying:
Error 1 error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int c:\users\naqvi-home\documents\justit\c++\w1\cp1\list0304.cpp 8 1 ConsoleApplication3
Thanks
Ray
It has nothing to do with your
typedef
. The problem is that you haven't given a return type formain
:A function must have a return type. The
main
function must returnint
.You can easily look up the explanation for the error, by googling the error code. E.g. googling for 'C4430' would lead you here. The reason is, as others have stated, that you haven't declared the return type for
main
function.I don't believe you need the extra
int
in the typedef, I thought from memory unsigned short (by default) is an int.