expected primary-expression before ‘.’ token - c++

Question

I am fairly new to classes. I created a class called Counter which basically creates a counter object and has certain data members and function members associated with it.
The header file for the class is:
#ifndef c
#define c
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using std::vector; using std::string; using std::ostream;
class Counter{
int v_;
public:
vector<string> log_;
int initialized_;
Counter(int);
int value();
int get_v() const { return v_; } //getter
void set_v(int val) { v_ = val; } //setter
friend ostream & operator<<(ostream &, Counter &);
friend Counter operator+(const Counter &, const Counter &);
};
ostream & operator<<(ostream &, Counter &);
Counter operator+(const Counter &, const Counter &);
#endif
and the cpp implementation file looks like this:
#include "counter.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
using std::string; using std::vector; using std::ostream;
Counter::Counter(int a){
v_ = a;
initialized_ = a;
log_.push_back("Constructor called with a " + std::to_string(a));
}
int Counter::value(){
log_.push_back("value called. returned a " + std::to_string(v_));
return (v_--);
}
ostream & operator<<(ostream & out, Counter & c){
c.log_.push_back("<< called."); //line 1
out << "Counter("<< c.initialized_ << ")#" << c.v_; //line 2
return out;
}
Counter operator+(const Counter & c_one, const Counter & c_two){
Counter c_three(c_one.initialized_ + c_two.initialized_);
c_three.set_v(c_one.get_v()+c_two.get_v());
return c_three;
}
When I compile the file I get bombarded with expected primary-expression before ‘.’ token in line 1 and line 2 of the "<<" operator overloaded function. I really have no idea as to why this is happening. Any help?

Answer 1

What is c? You've defined it as nothing and then you use
c.log_.push_back(...)
Which the preprocessor changes to
.log_.push_back(...)
I'm not sure what you're trying to do but the error clearly states it's looking for an expression before the period, where it appears you have none.