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I tried to create a library called EasierPlot to add some routines (useful for me) to what Adafruit_SSID1306.h provides. I followed the excellent video tutorial on how you add a library.
Then I create "EasierPlotTest.ino", which is a copy of Adafruit's ssd1306_128x64_i2c.ino, with added

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 #include "EasierPlot.h"

(code copied below). Even without any calls to the routines in EasierPlot.cpp, this fails with error

[Arduino: 1.8.13 (Mac OS X), Board: "Arduino Uno"
In file included from /Users/dnfharris/Documents/Arduino/EasierPlotTest/EasierPlotTest.ino:28:0:
/Users/dnfharris/Documents/Arduino/libraries/EasierPlot/EasierPlot.h:11:0: error: unterminated #ifndef
#ifndef EasierPlot_h

exit status 1
Error compiling for board Arduino Uno.]

which seems odds it seems to be what the tutorial says to do!
If I comment out #ifndef EasierPlot.h, it then gives error

[EasierPlotTest:40:18: error: expected initializer before 'display'
Adafruit_SSD1306 display(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, &Wire, OLED_RESET);
^~~~~~~
/Users/dnfharris/Documents/Arduino/EasierPlotTest/EasierPlotTest.ino: In function 'void setup()':
EasierPlotTest:72:7: error: 'display' was not declared in this scope
if(!display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C)) { // Address 0x3C for 128x32
^~~~~~~
/Users/dnfharris/Documents/Arduino/EasierPlotTest/EasierPlotTest.ino:72:7: note: suggested alternative: 'delay'
if(!display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C)) { // Address 0x3C for 128x32
^~~~~~~
delay
EasierPlotTest:79:3: error: 'display' was not declared in this scope
display.display();
^~~~~~~
/Users/dnfharris/Documents/Arduino/EasierPlotTest/EasierPlotTest.ino:79:3: note: suggested alternative: 'delay'
display.display();
^~~~~~~
delay
EasierPlotTest:82:13: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
EasierPlot.setupBar(false, 1,20,40,20,2);
^
/Users/dnfharris/Documents/Arduino/EasierPlotTest/EasierPlotTest.ino: In function 'void loop()':
EasierPlotTest:94:13: error: expected unqualified-id before '.' token
EasierPlot.plotBar(val);
^
exit status 1
expected initializer before 'display'].

I assume I have missed some declaration or something? Is it because EasierPlot.cpp uses some of Adafruit's calls [eg display.drawRect() ] but I haven't declared them properly?

Apologies if it should be obvious!
Many thanks
David




Code of EasierPlot.h

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 /*
 *  EasierPlot.h - Library for some useful routine
 *  when using simple SSD 1306, to avoid problems
 *  with the defualt y0 being at the top of the screen
 *  Also has
 *    bar graph - vertical or horizantal with digital value
 *  Created by David Harris, December 2020 
 *  Released into the public domain
 */
 
 #ifndef EasierPlot_h
 #define EasierPlot_h
 
 #include "Arduino.h"
 #include "wire.h"
 #include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
 #include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>

class EasierPlot {
  public:
    EasierPlot();   // construtor
    void setupBar(bool vertical, int x0, int y0, int xSize, int ySize, int textSize);
/* plot an outline rectangle of the bar chart area, and set text parameters if wanted
vertical is TRUE if plotting a column, FALSE if a bar */
    void plotBar(int value);
/*  plot a bar the size of the value, nd text value if wanted */a   
  private:
    void printValue(int _value, bool _vertical);
    int plotY(int y);

    int _value;
    bool _vertical;
    bool _textSize;
    int _x0;
    int _y0;
    int _xSize;
    int _ySize;
}