Hello. I'm learning C++ out of Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours and Accelerated C++ Practical Programming by Example. I've heard these are both good references. Anyway, I just learned about classes and I was wondering how one makes an array of class objects. here is the Cat class I made (no, not exactly the same as the one from the book, but just about :mrgreen: . . .
class Cat { private: int itsage; std::string itsname; public: void setage(int age); int getage(); void meow(); void setname(std::string name); std::string getname(); }; //setage sets the cat's age void Cat::setage(int age) { itsage = age; } //returns the cat's age int Cat::getage() { return itsage; } //meow has the cat meow void Cat::meow() { std::cout << "Meow\n"; } //setname sets the cat's name void Cat::setname(std::string name) { itsname = name; } //getname returns the cat's name std::string Cat::getname() { return itsname; }I think that I have the right method for initializing the array. I am doing Cat pack [8];
however. I think I'm doing it wrong when trying to call a Cat member function to a Cat object in the array. I tried pack.at(0).setage(4); which turned up a lot of errors.
Is this something that can only be accomplished using pointers? I haven't learned enough about pointers yet to do that. If it requires a pointer, I understand and will wait until I learn more, i'd just like to know. Thanks in advance.
-Matt
