c++, cout and vectors of objects

[jerome1232]

So I'm thoroughly confused I'm trying to print elements of a vector of objects, and I get the comiler message of
error: no match for ‘operator<<’ in ‘std::operator<< <std::char_traits<char> >((* & std::cout.std::basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>::operator<< <char, std::char_traits<char> >((i + 1ul))), ((const char*)". ")) << ((GradeBook*)this)->GradeBook::theClass.std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::operator[]<Student, std::allocator<Student> >(i).Student::getName’|

The code:

for ( size_t i = 0; i < theClass.size(); ++i ) {
cout << i + 1 << ". " << theClass[i].getName << endl;
}

theClass's definition

vector<Student> theClass;

The student header

class Student
{
private:
string studentName;
public:
/* Constructs a Student object with student name studentName
* @param studentName student name
*/
Student( string );

/* Set student name to name
* @param name student Name
*/
void setName( string studentName ) { this->studentName = studentName; }

/* returns a studentName
* @return student name
*/
string getName() const { return studentName; }
};

[spjackson]

I *think* it is simply that you are missing the parentheses for calling the getName method. i.e. you want:


cout << i + 1 << ". " << theClass[i].getName() << endl;

[jerome1232]

oh gosh, it's always the simple things. That did eliminate the compiler error. Thanks.

::feeling sheepish::