Thread: empty character constant problem

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Hey guys. sorry about jumping in on somebody elses thread, but my problem is the same.

I had an empty character constant problem, but I really dont know what the fill the ' ' empty space with.
Ive taken a screen shot of a portion of the code, if it would help you to help me I can of course upload the code so you can see it all.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...il/Capture.jpg

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Originally Posted by ElectroSoldier

Would it be better if a posted the whole code so you would better able to help me.

Probably. Please post it well indented in [code][/code] bbcode tags, and do not start a new thread for this.

Ok, I just changed it from '' to ' ' and your right the error is the same.
The code is 128 lines long, I cant see if there is a limit on here as to how long the code can be, so I hope its not against the rules.

Code:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;


class rectangle
{
      public:
             rectangle();
             void set_ht(int);
             void set_wth(int);
             void set_col(int);
             void make_rect(); //instance of rectangle with values H, W & C
             
             int get_ht();
             int get_wth();
             int get_col();
             
             int calc_area();
             
             private:
                     int height;
                     int width;
                     int colour;
                     int area;
};

rectangle::rectangle() //constructor
{
                       height=0;
                       width=0;
                       colour=0;
                       area=0;
}

void rectangle::set_ht(int h)
{
     height=h;
}

void rectangle::set_wth(int w)
{
     width=w;
}

void rectangle::set_col(int c)
{
     colour=c;
}

int rectangle::get_ht()
{
    return height;
}

int rectangle::get_wth()
{
    return width;
}

int rectangle::get_col()
{
    return colour;
}

void rectangle::make_rect() //int height, int width, int colour)
{
     //code for colour
     HANDLE hConsole;
     hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
     SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, colour);
     
     cout<<endl;
     //draw top line and corners
     cout<< (char)0xDa; //corner
     for(int i=0; i<width; ++i)
     cout<<(char)0xC4; //horizontal line
     cout<<(char)0xBF; //corner
     cout<<endl;
     
// vertical edges
for(int i=0; i<height; ++i) //height of rectangle
{
        cout<<(char)0xB3; //vertical line
        for(int j=0; j<width; ++j)
        cout<< ' ';
        cout<<(char)0xB3;
        cout<<endl;
}

//Bottom line and corners
cout<<(char)0xC0; //corner
for(int i=0; i<width; ++i)
cout<<(char)0xC4; //Horizontal line
cout<<(char)0xD9; //corner
cout<<endl;
}

//MAIN

int rectangle::calc_area()
{
    area=width*height;
    return area;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    rectangle x;
    
    int ht, wd, cl, a;
    cout<< "Enter height" << endl;
    cin>>ht;
    x.set_wth(wd);
    
    cout<< "Enter colour 0 to 15" << endl;
    cin>>cl;
    x.set_col(cl);
    
    x.make_rect();
    a=x.calc_area();
    cout<<"ractangle area is " <<a<<endl;
    
    system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Thats my code, as you can see its nothing special, im only in my first year.
The error is it continiously produces a colured line in an endless loop... line after line after line.
Can you see what Ive done wrong, my eyes are going square looking ((

I intend to make the class into a haeder and then run it from main by sinply including the header and then the data capture as you can see, thats why main is at the bottom... can I do it like that?