Ok, so I have a class called wpawn (making a chess game) and have instances of wpawn called wpawn1 through wpawn8 (8 pawns on a chess board per side). I have a function that can "select" a piece by changing a private data member in the class, "bool selected," from 0 to 1. All other instances should be at 0, so only 1 piece can be selected at a time. Now I wish to manipulate just that one instance of the wpawn class. How do I do this without creating code explicitly for each instance seperately?
It depends on how your code is set up. One possible answer is to create a function that takes a wpawn reference (or pointer, but reference is better). Pass the appropriate wpawn instance to the function.
I think instead of creating 8 seperate objects.. why not create an array of objects.. that way you can access any instances of the pawn class just by using an array index.
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Ahh! An array! Why didn't I think of that? yes, that would solve the problem.
Thanks for the help!
One quick question, I had a nice constructor for the old set up that took 2 values (x and y coordinates). I'm new to using arrays and classes in conjunction, so how exactly would I initialize the instances in the array without creating new member functions? Just not sure of the syntax or procedure.
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If that didn't make sense, lemme reword it:
How do you initialize an array of instances of a class?
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Last edited by SnS CEO; 08-03-2005 at 07:28 PM.
You can only use the default constructor for arrays of classes, provide some sort of 'set' function.
UPDATE:
I have narrowed down my problem to using class arrays as function inputs. So...how do you use class arrays as function inputs?
also, to Orbitz: http://cplus.about.com/od/beginnerct.../aa073002c.htm
I followed his model and now I can ditch that ugly initialization function!
Last edited by SnS CEO; 08-03-2005 at 08:57 PM.
"class wpawn[8]" ? Don't you want to name your variable something? The 'class' is also not required in C++. Why not use a loop by the way?
yea, ignore that earlier post, I completely replaced it.
you also bring up a good point. The name of the instance and the name of the class were the same. I have changed that now so that the class is wpawn and the array is whitepawn[8]. Sorry for the confusion.
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THANKS ORBITZ! your second sentence made me realize that I shouldn't be using "class" as the identifier, but rather the name of that class, wpawn. so now it reads:
instead ofCode:void findpiece(wpawn whitepawn[8], int x, int y);
Thanks again!Code:void findpiece(class whitepawn[8], int x, int y);
Last edited by SnS CEO; 08-03-2005 at 09:04 PM.
the 8 is also completely useless. wpan whitepan[8] == wpawn whitepawn[] == wpawn *whitepawn in the context of *function parameters*. The C++ Tutorial you listed does not seem very standards compliant to me. I am too lazy right now the check the C++ standard but I doubt what it says works in strict mode. If you use g++ you should always compile with -W -Wall -ansi -pedantic. I do not know how to do the equivalent in VC++
hmm... I already changed my code over to that tut's format. I'm using VC++ 6.0. what's g++? I'm very new to advanced compiling.
and, strangely, it seems like only the 1st 3rd 5th and 7th pawns are being made!
Here's that new format I'm using from the site I was saying earlier:
Code:wpawn whitepawn[9]={wpawn(1,2),wpawn(2,2),wpawn(3,2),wpawn(4,2),wpawn(5,2),wpawn(6,2),wpawn(7,2),wpawn(8,2)};
Last edited by SnS CEO; 08-03-2005 at 11:01 PM.
bump...
does anyone know why my program doesn't create all 8 instances, only the 1st 3rd 5th and 7th?
also:
givexposition returns an int, and xcoord is type int, yet it gives me the following error:Code:xcoord = whitepawn[looper2].givexposition; ycoord = whitepawn[looper2].giveyposition;
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\MYPROJECTS\SnSChess\main.cpp(238) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'int (__thiscall chesspiece::*)(void)' to 'int'
Conversion is a valid standard conversion, which can be performed implicitly or by use of static_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\MYPROJECTS\SnSChess\main.cpp(239) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'int (__thiscall chesspiece::*)(void)' to 'int'
Conversion is a valid standard conversion, which can be performed implicitly or by use of static_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
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fixed it :P... I was forgetting the () after the function
Last edited by SnS CEO; 08-04-2005 at 07:47 PM.
givexposittion is a function, it would probably help to call it.
If you have an array then it has created all of them. Please show us how you discovered it only creates the odd values.
