C++ Address Book - c++

Question

I am trying to make it so if userselection = 1, then the user is asked questions to create their contact for an address book. It saves all of the contact info to a struct and then saves to a .txt file. I am very new to C++. This is what I have so far... I keep getting [Error] expected primary-expression before '.' token. <---- HOW CAN I FIX THIS
Also, can anyone offer guidance for how to save the struct to a file?
Thanks.
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
struct person{
string Name;
string Address;
string PhoneNumber;
string Email;
};
int main(){
int userselection = 0;
cout << "What do you want to do? Press 1 to Add Contact -- Press 2 to Search for Contact"<<endl;
cin >> userselection;
if(userselection == '1');
person newPerson;
cout << "What is your Name?" << endl;
cin >> person.Name;
cout << "What is your Address?" << endl;
cin >> person.Address;
cout << "What is your Phone Number?" << endl;
cin >> person.PhoneNumber;
cout << "What is your Email?" << endl;
cin >> person.Email;
}

Answer 1

For the error you describe, you need to access members in the class instance, not the class definition ..
newPerson.Name
rather than
person.Name

Answer 2

Your mistakes were simply associated with syntax. Please read your compiler's error messages in the future.
#include <iostream>
#include <string> // added
using namespace std;
struct person {
string Name;
string Address;
string PhoneNumber;
string Email;
};
int main() {
int userselection = 0;
cout << "What do you want to do? Press 1 to Add Contact -- Press 2 to Search for Contact"<<endl;
cin >> userselection;
if(userselection == 1) { // userselection is int so why compare it to char
person newPerson;
cout << "What is your Name?" << endl;
cin >> newPerson.Name; // assign to object's member not a static member
cout << "What is your Address?" << endl;
cin >> newPerson.Address;
cout << "What is your Phone Number?" << endl;
cin >> newPerson.PhoneNumber;
cout << "What is your Email?" << endl;
cin >> newPerson.Email;
}
}