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Make class-method act diferently depending on which subclass it got called from?(C++)

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Started by Oggan June 26, 2006 03:47 PM

4 comments, last by Fruny 17 years, 10 months ago

Oggan

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June 26, 2006 03:47 PM

well, the subject pretty much says it all.. i have a base-class, with 5 other classes derived from it. the base-class has a method which all of the sub-classes inherit. now when i call that method from one of the sub-classes, i want it to act differently depending on which sub-class it got called from. is there some fancy way of knowing which sub-class it got called from or will i have to specify that in a parameter when calling the method? thanks in advance

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Anonymous

June 26, 2006 03:50 PM

Use a virtual function, which the classes which inhert override.

Palidine

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June 26, 2006 03:52 PM

read this:

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/polymorphism.html

-me

Oggan

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June 26, 2006 04:12 PM

thanks guys. that helps =)
heh, incredibly quick replies at this place..

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Zahlman

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June 26, 2006 04:57 PM

I like this reference, personally. :/ (You should probably read the whole page actually.)

Fruny

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June 26, 2006 05:01 PM

Quote:Original post by Zahlman
You should probably read the whole page actually.

People should probably read the whole site, actually.

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