How to declare an object<template> in c++ - c++

Question

I'm having the hardest time figuring this thing out. The error is in line 58 of main.cpp, I wrote a noticeable comment on line 58.
|58|error: expected primary-expression before ';' token
Main.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include "LinkedList.h"
using namespace std;
bool eic(const string &str1, const string &str2){
if(str1.length() != str2. length())
return false;
for(int i = 0; i < str1.length(); i++)
if(toupper(str1[i]) != toupper(str2[i])) return false;
return true;
}
vector<string> tokenizer(const string &str, char delim, bool emptyok)
{
vector<string> tokens;
string t;
for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
{
if (str[i] == delim)
{
if(emptyok || (t.length() != 0))
tokens.push_back(t);
t.clear();
continue;
}
t.push_back(str[i]);
}
if(emptyok || (t.length() != 0)) tokens.push_back(t);
return tokens;
}
int main(){
LinkedList<int> sList;// = LinkedList<int>;
string input;
cout << "Type 'commands' to see the list of commands" << endl;
cin >> input;
vector<string> inputV = tokenizer(input,' ',false);
while(!eic(input,"exit")){
if(eic(input,"commands")){
cout << endl;
cout << "Do not include <> in any commands" << endl;
cout << endl;
cout << "Create <name of list>: Create a new list and names it." << endl;
cout << "Print <name of list>: Prints out the entire list." << endl;
cout << "Add <name of list> <item>: Adds an element to the list." << endl;
cout << "Delete <name of list> <item>: Deletes an element from the list." << endl;
cout << "DeleteAll <name of list> <item>: Deletes all occurences of the element from the list." << endl;
cout << "MakeEmpty <name of list>: Removes all elements from the list." << endl;
cout << "Length <name of list>: Tells you how many elements are in the list" << endl;
cout << "Remove <name of list> deletes an entire list" << endl;
cout << "Exit: Terminates the program" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"create")){
sList = LinkedList<int>; // LINE 58 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sList.setName(inputV[1]);
cout << sList.getName();
//cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"print")){
cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"add")){
//sList->insertItem(9);
cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"delete")){
cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"deleteAll")){
cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"makeEmpty")){
cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"length")){
cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else if(eic(inputV[0],"remove")){
cout << "This function is still under construction" << endl;
}
else cout << endl << "Invalid inquiry, please enter 'commands' to see a list of valid commands." << endl;
cin >> input;
}
}
If you need it here is my LinkedList.cpp file
#include <iostream>
#include "LinkedList.h"
using namespace std;
template <class xtype>
LinkedList<xtype>::LinkedList()
{
cout << "List created successfuly\n";
}
template <class xtype>
void LinkedList<xtype>::setLength(int x){
length = x;
}
template <class xtype>
int LinkedList<xtype>::getLength(){
return length;
}
template <class xtype>
void LinkedList<xtype>::setName(string x){
name = x;
}
template <class xtype>
string LinkedList<xtype>::getName(){
return name;
}
template <class xtype>
void LinkedList<xtype>::insertItem(xtype item){
node<xtype> *temp = new node<xtype>;
if(head == NULL || head->info > item){
temp->next = head;
head = temp;
}
else{
node<xtype> *q = head;
node<xtype> *p = head->next;
while(p != head && p->info <= item){
q = p;
p = p->next;
}
q->next = temp;
temp->next = p;
}
}
template class LinkedList<int>;
And the LinkedList header file
#ifndef LINKEDLIST_H
#define LINKEDLIST_H
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
template <class xtype>
struct node{
xtype info;
node *next;
node *prev;
};
template <class xtype>
class LinkedList
{
public:
LinkedList();
int getLength();
void setLength(int);
void setName(string);
string getName();
//bool searchItem(xtype item);
void insertItem(xtype item);
//void deleteItem(xtype item);
//int numOccur(xtype item);
protected:
private:
node<xtype> *head;
node<xtype> *term;
int length;
string name;
};
#endif // LINKEDLIST_H
Any help you can give me would be much appreciated. I'm brand new to c++, coming from java, and I've just been slaving over this all of last night up until now.

Answer 1

When you declare sList as LinkedList<int>, you already have invoked the default constructor to initialize sList. There's no need to assign this explicitly, as you (try to) do in the failing line.
This demonstrates a confusing but vital concept when coming from Java to C++ : RAII