A function definition is not allowed here before { token error

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1

the Arduino app has been giving me this error: a function definition is not allowed here before a {
token. heres my code

#define IN1 6
#define IN2 7
#define IN3 8
#define IN4 9

void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
pinMode(IN1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(IN2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(IN3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(IN4, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);

}

void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
void move_foward(){
digitalWrite(IN1, HIGH);//move foward
digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
}
void move_right() {

digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);//move right
digitalWrite(IN2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
}
void move_left() {

digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);//move left
digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN3, HIGH);
digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
}
void move_backward() {

digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);//move backward
digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
digitalWrite(IN4, HIGH);
}

2

Are you putting all your functions inside the loop() ?

3

Ya I think that might be the problem

4

Yes as well as posting in the section for getting the IDE to work. I have moved your post here.

5 
#define IN1 6
#define IN2 7
#define IN3 8
#define IN4 9

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(IN1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(IN2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(IN3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(IN4, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

void move_foward() {
  digitalWrite(IN1, HIGH);//move foward
  digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
}
void move_right() {

  digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);//move right
  digitalWrite(IN2, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
}
void move_left() {

  digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);//move left
  digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN3, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
}
void move_backward() {

  digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);//move backward
  digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
  digitalWrite(IN4, HIGH);
}
6

thanks u guys it worked the problem was that it was not seperated from the void loop with a brace thanks again :grinning:

7

really?
I think this code do nothing...

8

Actually, the code does something....
It puts everything down...

9

I think what he means here is not that it worked, but it compiled. Two totally different things.

10

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