Quick Programming Check/Review

Question

I've been racking my head trying to start programming in a library organized method. My code works, but the translation and split to a .h and .cpp file is riddled with errors.

It's gotta be stupidly simple all I'm asking for is a review:

Header File

# ifndef _INITIALIZE_H
#define _INITIALIZE_H
#if (ARDUINO >= 100)
# include <Arduino.h>
#else
# include <WProgram.h>
#endif
//-Extra Includes-
#include <config.h> //Provides baud...
#include <SSC32.h>
#define STANDARD 0
#define DEBUG 1
#define VIRTUAL 2
class Initialize {
 private:
 int _mode;
 public:
 Initialize();
 void begin();
};
#endif

associated .cpp file:

//Comments
#include <Initialize.h>
SSC32 SSC;
Initialize::Initialize() 
{
 _mode = STANDARD;
}
void Initialize::begin() 
{
 SSC.begin(baud);
 if(Serial.available() > 0){
 if(sscReturn == 1){
 Serial.println("ver");
 }
 }
}

The error from the compiler:

D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp: In member function 'void Initialize::begin()':
D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp:9:12: error: expected primary-expression before '=' token
D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp:9:16: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp:9:16: error: expected ';' before ')' token
D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp:11:7: error: expected primary-expression before '=' token
D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp:11:7: error: expected ')' before ';' token
D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp:11:17: error: expected primary-expression before '==' token
D:\Github\Project-Onyx-Quadruped\code\HostControllerFirmware\Onyx-HostFirmware-Initial-7-2-15\libraries\Initialize\Initialize.cpp:11:21: error: expected ';' before ')' token
Failed compiling libraries

• Majenko: What is sscReturn?
• Greenonline: Where is sscReturn declared? This seems to be the (main) cause of the compiler errors.

Answer 1

Sorry, figured it out.

In the "config.h" file I was pulling, I had a #define = 18;

instead of a #define 18

I might be wrong, but the compiler stopped complaining

• Majenko: What are you defining as 18?
• evolutionizer: @user you cannot just type #define 18, it should be something like #define xyz 18. This means that from now on in your code xyz will be replaced by 18 (arduino.cc/en/Reference/Define)
• Nick Gammon: I might be wrong - You are wrong. The line #define 18 doesn't compile: error: macro names must be identifiers. This is not a helpful answer. I'm going to vote to close the question and the answer.