Netbeans: 'Max' Was Not Declared in This Scope
Sorry If My Question Is Very Rudimentary. I Have a Simple Class Defined as: #Ifndef Payoff1_H #Define Payoff1_H Class Payoff { Public: Enum Optiontype {Call...
Sorry if my question is very rudimentary.
I have a simple class defined as:
#ifndef PAYOFF1_H
#define PAYOFF1_H
class PayOff
{
public:
enum OptionType {call,put};
PayOff(double Strike_,OptionType TheOptionType_);
double operator()(double Spot) const;
private:
double Strike;
OptionType TheOptionType;
};
and the source file is:
#include "PayOff1.h"
#include "minmax.h"
PayOff::PayOff(double Strike_, OptionType TheOptionType_)
:
Strike(Strike_),TheOptionType(TheOptionType_)
{
}
double PayOff::operator ()(double spot) const
{
switch(TheOptionType)
{
case call:
return max((spot - Strike) , 0);
case put:
return max((Strike-spot) , 0);
default:
throw("unknown option found.");
}
}
I get the error 'max' was not declared in this scope.
Thank you for your help in advance.
Regards,
2 Answers
I think you should specify the namespace you are using, like this:
std::max
or
using namespace std;
So, in the first case that part of code should look like this:
...
case call:
return std::max((spot - Strike) , 0);
case put:
return std::max((Strike-spot) , 0);
...
In the second case:
#include "PayOff1.h"
#include "minmax.h"
using namespace std;
...
Don't forget about namespace, it is important.
Problem solved! Replacing "minmax.h" with "algorithm" and using std::max. Thanks,
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