error: base operand of ‘->’ has non-pointer type ‘foobar’
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example:
g++ example3.cpp -o run.example3
example3.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
example3.cpp:45: error: base operand of ‘->’ has non-pointer type ‘movies_t’// example3.cpp
struct movie {
int year;
std::string title;
};
int main() {
movie myMovie;
myMovie.title = "Beyond Rangoon";
std::cerr << myMovie->title << std::endl; // wrong.
return 0;
}The problem here is that the -> operand can only be used with pointers, and not on an object of the type movie.
int main() {
movie myMovie;
movie * pmovie;
pmovie = &myMovie;
myMovie.title = "Beyond Rangoon";
std::cerr << pmovie->title << std::endl; // ok because pmovie is a pointer.
return 0;
}