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Eumeration Data Type Error

It is another term and so I am back asking more questions about assignments that are giving me problems. Just so you know this is a half completed program so ignorre the majority of the content. I have three files in my project and I am having issues with getting a enumeration data type working with a struct. I cannot get rid of these related syntax errors:

e:\School\CS 162\Assignments\Main Assignment\MainProject\myheader.h(16): error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'category'

e:\School\CS 162\Assignments\Main Assignment\MainProject\myheader.h(16): error C2501: 'foodItem::Category' : missing storage-class or type specifiers

e:\School\CS 162\Assignments\Main Assignment\MainProject\myheader.h(16): error C2501: 'foodItem::category' : missing storage-class or type specifiers

Here are the copies of the file...

!!!NutritionCalc.cpp Source File:!!!

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include "myheader.h"
using namespace std;

enum Category {
            unknown = -1, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, vegetable,
            fruit, grain, sweet
      };

void displayMenu();
char getCommand();
void completeTask(char command, foodItem foodItemList[], int& size);

void getfoodItem(foodItem & afoodItem);
Category category;

int main()
{

      char command;


      foodItem foodItemList[STORE_CAPACITY];
      int size = 0;


      displayMenu();
      command = getCommand();
      while(command != 'q' && command != 'Q')
      {
            completeTask(command, foodItemList, size);
            displayMenu();
            command = getCommand();
      }
      cout << "Thank you for using Cute Video\n" << endl;

      return 0;

}

void displayMenu()
{
      cout << "NutriCalc 1.0" << endl;
      cout << "Created by: Brian Walsh" << endl;
      cout << endl;
      cout << "edit food database" << endl;
      cout << "commands: a<dd>, l<ist>, d<elete> index, m<eal>, q<uit>" << endl;
      cout << "-------------------------------------------------------" << endl;

}

char getCommand()
{
      char choice;

      cout << ">";
      cin >> choice;
      cin.ignore(100, '\n');

      return choice;
}

void completeTask(char command, foodItem foodItemList[], int& size)
{
      foodItem myfoodItem;


      command = tolower(command);
      switch (command)
      {
      case 'a': getfoodItem(myfoodItem);
                   addfoodItem(myfoodItem, foodItemList, size);
            break;
      case 'l': listfoodItem(foodItemList, size);
            break;
      case 'd': cout << "delete is inoperable for this version." << endl;
            break;
      default: cout << "illegal input" << endl;
            break;
      }
}
void getfoodItem(foodItem& afoodItem)
{
      cout << "name: ";
      cin.get(afoodItem.title, MAX_LEN, '\n');
      cin.ignore(100, '\n');

      cout << "please enter the category(0 for A...): ";
      cin >> afoodItem.category;
      cin.ignore(100, '\n');

      cout << "please enter the quantity: ";
      cin >> afoodItem.quantity;
      cin.ignore(100, '\n');
}

!!!Source File for Functions.cpp:!!!

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include "myheader.h"

using namespace std;
void addfoodItem(const foodItem& afoodItem, foodItem foodItemList[], int& size)
{
      foodItemList[size].category = afoodItem.category;
      foodItemList[size].quantity = afoodItem.quantity;
      strcpy(foodItemList[size].title, afoodItem.title);

      size++;
}

void listfoodItem(foodItem foodItemList[], int size)
{
      cout << setw(10) << "CATEGORY" << setw(30) << "TITLE"
            << setw(10) << "QUANTITY" << endl;

      for(int i=0;i<size; i++)
      {
            cout << setw(10) << foodItemList[i].category
                  << setw(30) << foodItemList[i].title
                  << setw(10) << foodItemList[i].quantity << endl;
      }
}

!!!Source File for myheader.h:!!!

#ifndef MYHEADER_H
#define MYHEADER_H

const int MAX_LEN = 101;
const int ACTION = 0;
const int COMEDY = 1;

const int DRAMA = 2;

const int STORE_CAPACITY = 100;

struct foodItem
{
      char            name[MAX_LEN];      // name of the food
      Category category;            // what kind of food
      float            calories;            // calories
      float            carbohydrates;      // grams
      float            fat;                  // grams
      float            cholesterol;      // grams
      float            sodium;                  // grams
      float            protein;            // grams

};
void addfoodItem(const foodItem& afoodItem, foodItem foodItemList[], int& size);
void listfoodItem(foodItem foodItemList[], int size);

#endif

THANK YOU SO MUCH AS ALLWAYS!!!

Jaime Olivares

instead of:
Category category;
use
enum Category category;

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AlexFM

Move Category definition from cpp file to h file:

// myheader.h

#ifndef MYHEADER_H
#define MYHEADER_H

enum Category {
unknown = -1, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, vegetable,
fruit, grain, sweet
};

const int MAX_LEN = 101;
const int ACTION = 0;
const int COMEDY = 1;

const int DRAMA = 2;

const int STORE_CAPACITY = 100;

struct foodItem
{
...
};

Calv1n

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Thank you for your help!!