I am very new to programming, but have been following c++ tutorials and amassing a number of PDFs for the last week or so to help me out. I couldn't find anything in them or online that answered my question clearly enough. Please forgive me for my newbie-ness.
Pertinent code:
Logfile.hpp
// =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
// HEADER :: CLASS INTERFACE FILE
// ==============================
// Include Guard
#ifndef __LOGFILE_INCLUDED__ // If Actor.hpp hasn't been included yet
#define __LOGFILE_INCLUDED__ // Define this for the compiler so it knows it has now been included
// ==============================
// Forward declared dependencies
// ==============================
// Included dependencies
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
// ==============================
// Actual class
class Logfile { // Logfile
public:
// Globally accessible variables
bool LACT; // Is log file active?
std::ofstream LOG; // Actual log file
std::string entry; // Data to be entered in log file
// ==============================
// Core methods
Logfile(); // Constructor
~Logfile(); // Destructor
// Additional methods
bool isActive(); // Is log file active?
void logEntry(std::string entry); // Make an entry in the log if 'LACT' is set to true
void toggleLog(); // Toggle log file open or closed
};
extern Logfile *log; // This variable is declared in main
#endif // __LOGFILE_INCLUDED__
Logfile.cpp
// ==============================
// Included dependencies
#include "Logfile.hpp"
// ==============================
// Core methods
Logfile::Logfile() { // Constructor
LACT = true; // Toggle logfile to active
LOG.open ("LOG.txt"); // Open 'log.txt' and prepare it to receive 'LOG' entries
LOG << "LOG FILE CLASS CONSTRUCTED\n";
LOG << "LOG FILE OPENED\n";
}
Logfile::~Logfile() { // Deconstructor
LOG << "LOG FILE CLOSED\n";
LOG << "LOG FILE CLASS DECONSTRUCTED";
LOG.close(); // Close log file
}
// Additional methods
bool Logfile::isActive() { // Is log file active?
if ( LACT ) return true;
else return false;
}
void Logfile::logEntry(std::string entry) { // Make an entry in the log if 'LACT' is set to true
if ( LACT ) LOG << entry << std::endl;
}
void Logfile::toggleLog() { // Toggle log file open or closed
if ( LACT ) { // Log file is active
LOG << "LOG FILE CLOSED\n";
LOG.close(); // Close log file
} else { // Log file is inactive
LOG.open ("LOG.txt"); // Open 'log.txt' and prepare it to receive 'LOG' entries
LOG << "LOG FILE OPENED\n";
}
}
Engine.hpp
// ==============================
// Forward declared dependencies
class Logfile;
class Engine { // Core system, main loop
public :
// Globally accessible variables
Logfile *log; // Declare 'log' as an empty pointer (*)
Engine.cpp
// ==============================
// Included dependencies
#include "Logfile.hpp"
// ==============================
// Core methods
Engine::Engine() { // Constructor method
// Initialization
log = new Logfile(); // Declare 'log' as pointer to access log file
TCODConsole::initRoot(80,50,"Testbed",false); // Create 'root' console (not fullscreen)
if ( log->isActive() ) log->logEntry("(TCODConsole) Root console initialized"); // WORKS
Map.hpp
// ==============================
// Forward declared dependencies
class Logfile;
extern Logfile *log; // Pointer exists in Engine.hpp
Map.cpp
// ==============================
// Included dependencies
#include "Logfile.hpp"
if ( log->isActive() ) log->logEntry("(TCODConsole) Root console initialized"); TERMINATION STATUS 3
if ( tiles[(x-1)+y*width].tType =="floor" ) tally++; // Left tile status, add 1 to tally if floor : TERMINATION STATUS 3
if ( tiles[(x-1)+(y-1)*width].canWalk ) tally++; // Left-top tile status, add 1 to tally if floor : WORKS
If I understand correctly, a termination status 3 indicates that I am referencing a variable incorrectly in regards to whether it's a pointer or not...? I initially ran into the problem when I wanted to access the tType string from an individual tile in the 2Darray in Map.cpp (though I can access the boolean variable canWalk just fine...), and couldn't figure out what was wrong, so I decided to learn to implement an external log to find the problem...but I guess I found my way back to the same issue while doing that...
Any help is greatly appreciated, as is criticism, I have a lot to learn.
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My initial purpose for asking this question was (now I realize) to get a globally declared object accessible from any *.cpp file in a multi-file program. I just found this answer: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/3848/, in case this might be helpful to anyone else with a similar problem.
