Thread: Exercise

Could somebody give me an exercise to do that envolves simple classes with maybe a bit of inheritance please, as I can't think of any programs to write that could encorporate this.

Guessing that you just want to try out inheritance, a good one
is a bank account. Implement some getters and setters for
customer details and account balance. Then inherit from this
to produce more specific types of accounts such as a savings
account, current account and so on. Try implementing different
interest methods and so on. That would be a good starting point
for inheritance.

Any way a few virtual functions could be put in?

Well yes - your base class could calculate interest using a straight
line method, using the original principle amount. Then in derived
classes, you could use compound interest methods. Different
types of accounts can allow different overdraft limits, charges,
that kind of stuff would be virtual.

Yeah I thought of that...thanks...I will give it a go then post the code.

Here is my rather strip down bank account class:

Code:

#include <iostream.h>

using namespace std;

class Account
{
public:

float GetInterest () const { return itsinterest; };
float SetInterest (float interest) { itsinterest = interest; };
virtual float CalcInterest (float balance) { return balance/100 * 4.5; };

private:

float itsinterest;
};

class Saver : public Account
{
public :

float CalcInterest (float balance) { return balance/100 * 6.5; };
};

int main()
{
      float amount;
      float intamount;
      Account *pAccount;
      int choice;
      float balance;

      cout << "So you would like a new bank account!\n\n";
      cout << "(1) Normal Account (2) Saver Account\n\n";
      cout << "Make Your Choice: ";
      cin >> choice;

      switch (choice)
      {
      case 1:
           pAccount = new Account;
           break;
      case 2:
           pAccount = new Saver;
           break;
       default:
           return 1;
      }

      cout << "\nPlease Enter Your Balance: " << char(156);
      cin >> balance;
      intamount = pAccount->CalcInterest(balance);
      pAccount->SetInterest(intamount);
      amount = pAccount->GetInterest();
      cout << "\nYour Interest Would Be " << char(156) << amount;
      balance+=amount;
      cout<< "\n\nSo Your Balance After Annum1 Would Be " << char(156) << balance;
      cin.ignore();
      cin.get();
      return 0;
}

Ok thanks...I keep putting iostream.h...dammit...its cos my compiler always puts it in at teh start.

What is a double?

/noobish question

Could you also show me my code with balance in the Account class?

Pleasey Pleasey

You could include private variable for PIN and account number,
account holders name and address, you can make a number
of derived classes that, also the account's interest rate should
be part of the class. There's a lot you can do to expand on this
idea, you can make it as detailed as you like - you could even
develop an account that allows you to represent an actual bank
account, so that lodgements and withdrawals are possible, the
"date" and "time" of these transactions could be stored in a file.

Code:

private:

double itsinterest;
double rate;
double accbalance;

although you may want to put these under protected instead
of private - that way derived classes will be able to have the
same basic properties - thats what inheritance is about

Is this right:

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class Account
{
public:

double GetBalance () const { return itsbalance; };
double SetBalance (double balance) { itsbalance = balance; };
virtual float CalcInterest () { double balance2 = GetBalance();
                                   return balance2/100 * 5; };

private:

double itsbalance;
};

class Saver : public Account
{
public :

float CalcInterest () { float balance2 = GetBalance();
                        return balance2/100 * 6.5; };
};

int main()
{
      double amount;
      Account *pAccount;
      int choice;
      double balance;

      cout << "So you would like a new bank account!\n\n";
      cout << "(1) Normal Account (2) Saver Account\n\n";
      cout << "Make Your Choice: ";
      cin >> choice;

      switch (choice)
      {
      case 1:
           pAccount = new Account;
           break;
      case 2:
           pAccount = new Saver;
           break;
       default:
           return 1;
      }

      cout << "\nPlease Enter Your Balance: " << char(156);
      cin >> balance;
      pAccount->SetBalance(balance);
      pAccount->GetBalance();
      amount = pAccount->CalcInterest();
      cout << "\nYour Interest Would Be " << char(156) << amount;
      balance+=amount;
      cout<< "\n\nSo Your Balance After Annum1 Would Be " << char(156) << balance;
      cin.ignore();
      cin.get();
      return 0;
}

I also changed all my floats to double.

Edit: Damn iostream.h

Just changed my environment options so it doesn't do that.