error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '<'

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did anyone ever got this case ??
it's driving me crazy , can't understand where is the error !!
first I thought it could be in the header file <queue> , I checked it , no ';' is missing

#ifndef _ERRLIST_H_
#define _ERRLIST_H_
#include <queue>
#include <string>

struct errorStruct{
				int errLineNum;
				int errColNum ;
				string errMessage;
		};
queue <errorstruct> errQueue; //error points here 
class ErrList
{

	public:
	void pushError(int line,int col,string message);
	void popError();	
	void printErrors();
	int getSize();

};
#endif
</errorstruct></string></queue>

Posted 14-May-11 1:01am

fresh_girl

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Solution 3

I had the similar issue what I found was that my header files contains cyclic reference. For instance I have a base class like below:

C

#include "OtherClass.h"
class BaseClass {

   protected:
     OtherClass* otherClass;
}

In OtherClass.h, I was referencing "BaseClass.h" file that was causing the issue.

Hope that might help you.
Thanks,
Muhammad Masood
[blog link removed]

Posted 19-Nov-13 19:09pm

masood_codeproject

Updated 20-Nov-13 2:07am

v2

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CHill60 20-Nov-13 8:08am

I rather hope that in 2 and a half years the OP had fixed his problem!!

phil.o 20-Nov-13 8:17am

Why answering a question that has been answered and marked as solved for more than two years now?
Are you trying to discretely post links to your blog?

yeswekey 22-Jul-14 6:06am

Thanks for sharing the reason, but you didn't mention the solution. Anyway here is what I did:

// in A.h
class A {
B b;
C c;
};

// In B.h
class A; // This solved it and don't include A.h
class B{
A *parent;
};

// in C.h
class A; // Here too.
class C{
A *parent;
};

Now in B.cpp and C.cpp , include A.h and continue coding.

Solution 2

Like mcbain said the error you are getting is a non descriptive one from the compiler. It basically means the compiler cannot locate any class / struct or declaration by the name of queue, thus it is expecting it to be a variable which should be followed by a ;.

You could fix this by adding

#using std;

Or like mcbain suggested by adding std:: before the usage of the queue type (std::queue.

Posted 14-May-11 2:42am

Gerben Jongerius

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Member 10120089 30-Jul-13 5:49am

I have the same problem but I am working with C and not with C++. So i can not use std. Same one have a solution for this .

Thank you

Philippe Mori 20-Nov-13 18:38pm

No # before using in C++.

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mcbain · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-14T02:34:00

Solution 1

I see two problems:

First you define queue<errorstruct> instead of queue<errorStruct>
Secondly, string and queue are in the std namespace. Write std::string and std::queue instead.

Posted 14-May-11 2:34am

mcbain

Updated 14-May-11 2:38am

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Richard MacCutchan 14-May-11 9:02am

Well spotted, I spent a few minutes staring at the code and not seeing it. :(

fresh_girl 14-May-11 14:42pm

the first one is totally a typing error ^^'
can't believe I didn't see it that I'm missing std , I guess I didn't sleep much last night
thanks a lot for ur answer