C++ program error

Question

I am not able to solve 3 error . Programs implementation is right but not sure how to get rid of 3 errors

# include <iostream.h>
# include < conio.h>
void main() {
    class coord {
        float x;
        float y;
        //Constructor
        coord(float init_x,float init_y) {
            x= init_x;
            y= init_y;
        }
        void set(float f1, float f2) {
            x = f1;
            y = f2;
        }
        float get_x() {return x;}
        float get_y() {return y;}
        virtual void plot() {
            cout<<x;
            cout<<y;
        };
        class 3d_coord: public coord {
            float z;
            //constructor
            3d_coord(float init_x,float init_y,float init_z): coord(init_x,init_y) {
                z= init_z;
            }
            void set(float f1,float f2,float f3) {
                coord::set(f1, f2); z = f3;
            }
            float get_z() {  return z; }

            virtual void plot() { 
                coord::plot();
                cout<<z;
            };

            int test
            void *ptr;

            cin>>test;
            coord a(1.1, 2.2);
            3d_coord b(3.0, 4.0, 5.0);
            if (test)
                ptr = &a;
            else
                    ptr = &b;
            ptr-> plot();
        }
    }

Answer 1

I can spot at least three errors:

1. The standard library header is <iostream>, not <iostream.h>. <conio.h> is not a C++ standard library header and is best avoided.

2. main() must return int, not void.

3. Standard library names (e.g. cout) are in the std namespace; you need to qualify them.

Since you don't say which errors you want solved, I don't know if these are them, but they are three errors nonetheless. Just in case, here are some bonus errors:

• 3d_coord is not a valid class name; a class name must be an identifier, which means it must begin with a letter or an underscore, not a number.

• You shouldn't use inheritance to relate coord and 3d_coord (or whatever you choose to name it after you've fixed bonus error number 1). A three-dimensional coordinate is not a two-dimensional coordinate, even though they share two common members. Inheritance should be used for is-a relationships.

• After extracting data from a stream (cin, in this case), you must test to ensure the extraction succeeded.

• ptr is of type void*; you cannot call member functions through a void* (there are very few times where it is a good idea to use a void* in a C++ program at all).

• It's not really an error, but usually you don't define classes inside of functions (there are exceptions; functors, for example).

Answer 2

You don't put the class definition inside the main function, and you don't put the 3d_coord class inside the coord class.

Answer 3

I can spot one:

void *ptr;
...
ptr-> plot(); // void::plot() is not

Answer 4

            cin>>test;
            coord a(1.1, 2.2);
            3d_coord b(3.0, 4.0, 5.0);
            if (test)
                ptr = &a;
            else
                    ptr = &b;
            ptr-> plot();

Doesn't appear to be a function...