Human::Human(int a, string n)
{
age = a;
name = n;
}
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Let's say I have a class Human and a class Boy that inherits Human. Human has variables age and name, and Boy has an extra variable, "height".
I think something happened to your code snippet....
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[edited by - ranblade on October 13, 2003 2:10:30 AM]
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[edited by - ranblade on October 13, 2003 2:10:30 AM]
Boy( int age, int name, int height):
Human(age, name),
m_Height( height )
{
Do other non-variable setting constructor stuff here.
}
I think this is what your trying to do. Essentially you want to call the base classes constructor if I understood correctly.
Human(age, name),
m_Height( height )
{
Do other non-variable setting constructor stuff here.
}
I think this is what your trying to do. Essentially you want to call the base classes constructor if I understood correctly.
RanBlade
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Couldn''t you just code a NEW constructor for the boy object? I would just copy the duplicated code into the Boy constructor, and add the height there.
quote:Original post by Peon
Couldn''t you just code a NEW constructor for the boy object? I would just copy the duplicated code into the Boy constructor, and add the height there.
Such a terribly bad idea would cost your C++ license.
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ArmitageIII87 is correct, but here is the full code example in case you don''t understand:
class Human{public: Human(int a, string n): age(a), name(n) {};private: int age; string name;};/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////class Boy : public Human{public: Boy(int a, string n, int h): Human(a, n), height(h) {};private: int height;};quote:Original post by Agape
Let''s say I have a class Human and a class Boy that inherits Human. Human has variables age and name, and Boy has an extra variable, "height".
That''s an interesting class design. What happens when a Boy reaches an age that he becomes a Man? C++ doesn''t let you change the type of an object!
quote:Original post by SabreMan
That's an interesting class design. What happens when a Boy reaches an age that he becomes a Man? C++ doesn't let you change the type of an object!
It could be worse; it could be:
class Girl : public Human; 
You'd get a "not humane" error.
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[edited by - Lektrix on October 13, 2003 11:09:12 AM]
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quote:Original post by chacha
ArmitageIII87 is correct, but here is the full code example in case you don''t understand:
class Human{public: Human(int a, string n): age(a), name(n) {};private: int age; string name;};/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////class Boy : public Human{public: Boy(int a, string n, int h): Human(a, n), height(h) {};private: int height;};
That''s interesting...I''ve never seen that kind of syntax...then again, I''ve always defined my constructors in the cpp file and not in the header...Learn something new every day...
Now, just so I can end my confusion...isn''t it possible to use "super" to call the base constructor? Or am I mixing up with Java here?
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