object is undefined in function - c++

Question

Im new to C++ and started working with classes recently for a school excercice.
I really cant see whats wrong and after creating an object "player" to the Hero class i can't use that object later in the "main Menu" function to call a method because i get the "identifier is undefined" error!
Any suggestions?
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
class Hero
{
private:
//member variables
string playername;
public:
//constructor
Hero(string name)
{
playername = name;
}
string getName()
{
return playername;
}
};
//start 1
void mainMenu()
{
cout << " - - - |" << player.getName() << "- - - \n";
}
void setPlayer()
{
string name;
cout << "Hello, what is your name? " << endl;
getline(cin, name);
Hero player(name);
mainMenu();
}
int main()
{
int selection;
cout << "Shadow of darkness\n ";
cout << "1.) Start ";
cout << "2.) Exit ";
cin >> selection;
if (selection == 1)
setPlayer();
else if (selection == 2)
exit (0);
else
main();
return 0;
}

Answer 1

OK, calling main() from main() is a forbidden (as explained here), so do not do it.
Here is a typical example with your class (the class is cool as you have it, I just added an initializer list for fun):
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class Hero
{
private:
//member variables
string playername;
public:
//constructor
Hero(string name) : playername(name)
{
}
string getName()
{
return playername;
}
};
int main()
{
Hero player("Daniel");
cout << "Player's name: " << player.getName() << std::endl;
return 0;
}
Output:
Player's name: Daniel
Based on this, try to work your logic and do all sort of stuff that you long for (after reading some books/tutorials)!