C++ RPG Error: data member initializer is not allowed - c++

Question

this has already been posted several times, but none of the times have answered my case. Please help me with my 'error: data member initializer is not allowed' which appears under the equals signs. Here's the code with the problem in it.
//Player.cpp :Contains information about the player
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "Main.cpp"
using namespace std;
void Player()
{
struct Player {
int Charma = 0;
unsigned int Hunger = 10;
unsigned int Energy = 50;
unsigned int Health = 100;
};
enum Race {
UNKNOWN,
DEAD,
HUMAN,
ORC,
GOBLIN,
ELF,
LIZARD,
CAT,
VAMPIRE,
WEREWOLF,
SNK
};
}

Answer 1

You are getting that error because you are initializing the variables when you are declaring a struct. This is not allowed. Instead, move the initialization into the constructor of the struct.
However that is not the only error in your code. You are defining the struct inside of the Player function (which should be the constructor). You need to switch those, so that you have the Player function inside of the Player struct. This way the struct will have a constructor where you can initialize the values. Another thing, don't #include .cpp files. It's a bad practice.
Your code should be something like this:
struct Player {
int Charma;
unsigned int Hunger;
unsigned int Energy;
unsigned int Health;
Player() : Charma(0), Hunger(10), Energy(50), Health(100)
{
// do other constructor stuff here
}
};

Answer 2

In another approach of idea, if you are planning on doing some mecanics inside Player, you may move the declaration inside a real class. You will then be able to scale your project a little more easily. Something like this:
Header
// #include "Item.h"
typedef enum RaceDef {
UNKNOWN,
DEAD,
HUMAN,
ORC,
GOBLIN,
ELF,
LIZARD,
CAT,
VAMPIRE,
WEREWOLF,
SNK
} PlayerRace;
class Player {
public:
Player(unsigned int Charma=0,
unsigned int Hunger=10,
unsigned int Energy=50,
unsigned int Health=100,
PlayerRace Race=HUMAN);
void attack(Player);
void slap(Player);
//void equipItem(Item);
void exercise(unsigned int duration);
void die();
void etc();
private:
unsigned int m_Charma;
unsigned int m_Hunger;
unsigned int m_Energy;
unsigned int m_Health;
unsigned PlayerRace m_Race;
Race m_Race;
};
CPP
Player::Player(unsigned int Charma,
unsigned int Hunger,
unsigned int Energy,
unsigned int Health,
PlayerRace Race):
m_Charma(Charma),
m_Hunger(Hunger),
m_Energy(Energy),
m_Health(Health),
m_Race(Race) {
//constructor code goes here
//e.g. if player starts with a random item :
// Item randomItem = ItemUtils.getRandomItem();
// equipItem(randomItem);
}
I hope this helps, and good luck :)