error: expected primary-expression before ')' token (C) - c++

Question

I am trying to call a function named characterSelection(SDL_Surface *screen, struct SelectionneNonSelectionne sel) which returns a void
This is the .h of the function I try to call:
struct SelectionneNonSelectionne;
void characterSelection(SDL_Surface *screen, struct SelectionneNonSelectionne);
void resetSelection(SDL_Surface *screen, struct SelectionneNonSelectionne);
On my main function, I try to call it like this:
characterSelection(screen, SelectionneNonSelectionne);
When I compile, I have the message:
error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
I made the includes. I suppose I miscall the second argument, my struct. But, I can't find why on the net.
Have you got any idea about what I did wrong?

Answer 1

You should create a variable of the type SelectionneNonSelectionne.
struct SelectionneNonSelectionne var;
After that pass that variable to the function like
characterSelection(screen, var);
The error is caused since you are passing the type name SelectionneNonSelectionne

Answer 2

A function call needs to be performed with objects. You are doing the equivalent of this:
// function declaration/definition
void foo(int) {}
// function call
foo(int); // wat!??
i.e. passing a type where an object is required. This makes no sense in C or C++. You need to be doing
int i = 42;
foo(i);
or
foo(42);

Answer 3

You're passing a type as an argument, not an object. You need to do characterSelection(screen, test); where test is of type SelectionneNonSelectionne.

Answer 4

I seen this problem with the latest nightly build of Code::Blocks. When I switched back to the stable release of Code::Blocks, 20.03 at the time of this writing, the problem went away and my code compiled and ran without problems. I'm not sure what Code::Blocks is doing, but it is very annoying. I got this repeatedly on a C++ project for every NULL in my code, forcing me to use nullptr instead.