Issues with code

Question

#include <iostream>

struct Grapher;

class Direction{
protected:
char directionType;
public:
getDirectionType(){
return directionType;
}
};

class Down : public Direction{
public:
Down(char down)
{
directionType = down;
}
};

class Right : public Direction{
public:
Right(char right)
{
directionType = right;
}
};

class Left : public Direction{
public:
Left(char left)
{
directionType = left;
}
};

int main() {

return 0;
}

struct Grapher{
if(Direction::getDirectionType == Left::left)
std::cout << "<";
if(Direction::getDirectionType == Right::right)
std::cout << ">";
if(Direction::getDirectionType == Down::down)
std::cout << "|";
};

Note: this code musn't outputs anything right now.

Answer 1

putting all the if statements inside a constructor or any other function fixes one problem. Next problem is that "Left::left" would not work, as there isnt any variable named "left" in the "Left" class (one that is created in the constructor will work only inside the constructor)

Answer 2

In this line: struct Grapher{
it says unexpected id before if statement🤔
You can test by yourself, ofcourse.

Answer 3

Data thanks a lot, it really helps👍

Answer 4

hmm, shouldnt if statements be inside of functions in structs just as in classes?

Answer 5

getDirectionType() also doesent seem to have a type assigned to it, but it needs to have one since it returns a value. I recomend you put "char" before getDirectionType to specify its type, since it returns a char