c++ cpp conversion from 'myItem*' to non-scalar type 'myItem' requested

Question

i have this code

struc MyItem
{
var value
MyItem* nextItem
}

MyItem item = new MyItem;

And I get the error:

"c++ cpp conversion from 'myItem*' to non-scalar type 'myItem' requested"

Compiling with g++

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try:

MyItem * item = new MyItem;

But do not forget to delete it after usage:

delete item;

Answer 2

You've mixed

MyItem item;

which allocates an instance of MyItem on the stack. The memory for the instance is automatically freed at the end of the enclosing scope

and

MyItem * item = new MyItem;

which allocates an instance of MyItem on the heap. You would refer to this instance using a pointer and would be required to explicitly free the memory when finished using delete item.

Answer 3

Here is edited code with changes mentioned on the right

struct MyItem                  // corrected spelling struct
{
    var value;                 // added ;
    struct MyItem * nextItem;  // add "struct" and added ;
};                             // added ;

MyItem * item = new MyItem;    // added * before item

delete item;                   // not exactly here, but some where in your code

BTW, you don't have to do new. You can possible create a MyItem object on the stack as

MyItem anotherItem;