C++ – Reading data in from file and inserting into Linked List C++

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For this program, I have to read in a list of names from a txt file and create a new node for each name, then insert the node into a linked list and keep it sorted as new names are read in. I am having difficulty properly reading in the file line by line, and creating a new node and putting the data in. I am very new to linked lists, but the logic seems sound in my insert function, and I think my errors are caused by my syntax.
Here is my main so far:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include "SortedLinkList.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{    
   SortedLinkList<string> sll;    //create sortedlinklist object
   SortedLinkList<string> sll2;

   ifstream infile("List1.txt");
   if(infile.fail()) {
      cout << "the input file could not be opened" << endl;
      exit(0);
   }
   else {
      cout << "Opening file 1" << endl;
      string s;
      while (infile >> s)
      {
        infile >> sll;         
        sll.insert(s); //attempting to create new node and use data read 
                         from file
      }
   }
}

Here is my insert function. Which is in "SortedLinkList.h"
The class is templated, and a Node.h class has already been provided,
which has the getData() and getNext() function already. The variables current,head,previous, and count have all been declared. The "node.h" file is #included in the "SortedLinkList.h".

template <class T>
void SortedLinkList<T>::insert(const T & value)
{
    cout << "insert data" << endl;
    //allocate a node with new
    Node<T> *newNode, *current, *previous;
    newNode = new Node<T>(value);
    current = head;
    previous = 0;
    while(current != NULL)
    if(head == 0)
    {
        head = newNode;
    }
    else
    {
        SortedLinkList* current = head;
        SortedLinkList* previous = 0;

        //traverse list to find ins. location
        while(current != 0)
        {
            if(current->getData() >= newNode->getData())
            {
                break;
            }
            else
            {
                previous = current;
                current = current->getNext();
            }
        }
        //insert at head
        if(current == head)
        {
            newNode->getNext() = head;
            head = newNode;
        }
        //insert after head
        else
        {
            newNode->getNext() = current;
            previous->getNext() = newNode;
        }
    }
    count++;
}

Best Answer

The following lines look like you added the types, SortedLinkList*, by mistake.

    SortedLinkList* current = head;
    SortedLinkList* previous = 0;

You already have declarations for current and previous at the beginning of the function:

Node<T> *newNode, *current, *previous;

Perhaps you meant to use:

    current = head;
    previous = 0;

The error you posted corresponds to the line:

        infile >> sll;

Looking at what you are doing, you can just remove that line.