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Ambiguous call to overloaded function, help please.

Started by caffeineaddict Apr 7, 2003 at 12:44 AM 1 replies 14.9k views

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Apr 7, 2003 at 12:44 AM

I''m writing a utility for an existing game and write now i''m trying to write data into a MessageBox, right now, i have a function that gets the data I need and puts it in a MessageBox, however, when i call the function anywhere, it has the error Ambiguous call to overloaded function. What exactly does this mean and how can i solve the problem?

FunkyTune

Apr 7, 2003 at 12:49 AM

It means that the compiler can't determine which of the overloaded functions you want to call. This can happen if you for exemple have done something similar to this:


void myFunction(double inputData);
void myFunction(int inputData);

long myVariable=5;
//Error! Which one should it be?
myFunction(myVariable);

//This should solve it
myFunction((double)myVariable);  //Now the compiler knows which one you mean

Hope that helps

/John

[edited by - FunkyTune on April 7, 2003 1:50:14 AM]

caffeineaddict

Apr 7, 2003 at 12:51 AM

Thanks for the quick response, it did fix my problem, i had mistakenly defined it in one of the header files and this was apparently the problem because when i deleted it, it worked again, thanks again!

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