Can someone help me with this C++ Inheritance problem?

#include %26lt;cstdlib%26gt;


#include %26lt;iostream%26gt;





using namespace std;





int main(int argc, char *argv[])


{


class Printer {


protected:


int level;


public:


int getlevel();


};





int Printer::getlevel() {


return level;


}





system("PAUSE");


return EXIT_SUCCESS;


}





Why doesn't that work?

Can someone help me with this C++ Inheritance problem?
You can't put member function definitions from nested classes outside the class declaration, at least not with Dev-C++. I'm not sure if any compiler would support that. If you defined the getlevel function right after the declaration it would work:





class Printer {


...


int getlevel() { return level; }


...


};


...
Reply:You should use that protected varible within class and subclass of that class. then only it works.


public: within that class and outside of the class


protected:within that class and subclasses of that class


private:within that class only and cannot be accessed anywhere except within the class.