Thread: Return a string in a class

This seems like it would be easy to solve, but im not sure how to do it. I made a class called Person, and in it, I have a getName(). This is what it looks like:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

class Person{

          public:
                   std::string setName(std::string name1){
                                       name1 = name2;
                                       }
                   std::string getName(){
                               getline(std::string, name2);
                                }

         private:
                   std::string name2;
};

With the above code I get an error in the getName part. I figured it would be wrong when I was typing it, but I tried anyways. Im not sure how to write that part to where it works. Right now I get this error:

Code:

In member function `std::string Person::getName()':
error: expected primary-expression before ',' token

I have a good feeling the std::string part is whats wrong, but im not positive. Can anyone explain to me the correct way to write that part?

Oh ok. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I got it now.

setName(std::string name1)

better pass parameter as const reference to avoid unneeded copying of the source string to the temp var during calling this function