Compilation error in CRC encoding program - c++

Question

I wrote the following code for a program that performs CRC encoding. I modeled it on a C program that we were taught in class. It gives some compilation errors that I can't correct. I have mentioned them after the code.
I wrote the following code for a program that performs CRC encoding. I modeled it on a C program that we were taught in class. It gives some compilation errors that I can't correct. I have mentioned them after the code.
1 #include<iostream>
2 #include<string.h>
3
4 using namespace std;
5
6 class crc
7 {
8 char message[128],polynomial[18],checksum[256];
9 public:
10 void xor()
11 {
12 for(int i=1;i<strlen(polynomial);i++)
13 checksum[i]=((checksum[i]==polynomial[i])?'0':'1');
14 }
15 crc() //constructor
16 {
17 cout<<"Enter the message:"<<endl;
18 cin>>message;
19 cout<<"Enter the polynomial";
20 cin>polynomial;
21 }
22 void compute()
23 {
24 int e,i;
25 for(e=0;e<strlen(polynomial);e++)
26 checksum[e]=message[e];
27 do
28 {
29 if(checksum[0]=='0')
30 xor();
31 for(i=0;i<(strlen(polynomial)-1);i++)
32 checksum[i]=checksum[i+1];
33 checksum[i]=message[e++];
34 }while(e<=strlen(message)+strlen(checksum)-1);
35 }
36 void gen_proc() //general processing
37 {
38 int mesg_len=strlen(message);
39 for(int i=mesg_len;i<mesg_len+strlen(polynomial)-1;i++)
40 message[i]='0';
41 message[i]='\0'; //necessary?
42 cout<<"After appending zeroes message is:"<<message;
43 compute();
44 cout<<"Checksum is:"<<checksum;
45 for(int i=mesg_len;i<mesg_len+strlen(polynomial);i++)
46 message[i]=checksum[i-mesg_len];
47 cout<<"Final codeword is:"<<message;
48 }
49 };
50 int main()
51 {
52 crc c1;
53 c1.gen_proc();
54 return 0;
55 }
The compilation errors are:
crc.cpp:10: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘^’ token
crc.cpp: In member function ‘void crc::compute()’:
crc.cpp:30: error: expected primary-expression before ‘^’ token
crc.cpp:30: error: expected primary-expression before ‘)’ token
crc.cpp: In member function ‘void crc::gen_proc()’:
crc.cpp:41: warning: name lookup of ‘i’ changed for ISO ‘for’ scoping
crc.cpp:39: warning: using obsolete binding at ‘i’
I have been checking online for these errors and the only thing I have been seeing is errors caused by incorrect array handling. I have double checked my code but I don't seem to be performing any incorrect array access.

Answer 1

xor is a reserved keyword in C++. You should rename the function to something else.
The compiler isn't actually "seeing" an identifier, but a keyword. If, in your code snippet, you'd replace xor with ^ the obvious syntactic error becomes clear.