Hi Phil,
 > admin1 raise(employee1);
 >
 > this code however does not seem to work.  Help!
You haven't told us how 'employee1' is declared. If it is not a pointer to a 
structure then you should precede the identifier with an &. You also need a 
dot ('.') between 'admin1' and 'raise'.
I.e: admin1.raise ( &employee1);
John.
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