I can't find the answer.

I went to google and I even searched the message board and I can't find out how to make class's using character variables.
If you don't know what I mean I will give an example

Code:

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class Machine1
{
public:
    char MachineType('triple vend', '2 inch capsule'):
private:
    char Mac1Type;
}

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I don't know if that will even work.:( Will I have to use string variables, using #include <cstring>? I just want the member functions to use characters instead of intergers.

Well this is what I have came across so far.

Code:

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#include <string>

    class Person
    {
        string
            d_name,            // name of person
            d_address,          // address field
            d_phone;            // telephone number
        unsigned
            d_weight;          // the weight in kg.

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Would this be the correct way of starting to do this? Also how would I set this up in int main()? Would I do something like this?

Code:

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cout<<"What is the employee's name?" <<endl;
cin >>d_name;

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Any help would be most appreciative.:D

Yeah, you have to use a string... Either a C-style string, which is an array of "char's", Or, a C++ string-class style string.

You can use the single-quotes ONLY for a single character. The char type variable only holds a single value (often one byte... and at least one byte, depending on the OS). If you make something equal to 'A' ( int x = 'A' ; ), you are making that variable equal to the number which converts to an A, per the ASCII code.

Take a look at the String Tutorial and maybe the Array Tutorial.

Strings can get confusing because most functions work with pointers to the string... If you are comparing strings, the function will test "Is the string pointed-to by this pointer equal to the string pointed-to that pointer.

You can use an array of chars:

Code:

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class Machine1
{
public:
    char * MachineType(char word[], int length);
private:
    char Mac1Type;
}

int main()
{
Machine1 machine;

machine.MachineType("triple vend", 11);

return 0;
}

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Would this be the correct way of starting to do this? Also how would I set this up in int main()?

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Using your class example,

Code:

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Person person1;
cout<<"What is the employee's name?" <<endl;
cin >>person1.d_name; //if d_name is public

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Using the array of char's how would I implement spaces in the program? This is what I got working so far.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
char TypeOFMachine[20];
cout <<"What kind of machine is it?" <<endl;
cin >>TypeOFMachine;
cout <<TypeOFMachine;
system("pause");
return 0;
}

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It works fine but only if I don't use spaces in the cin>> statment. It just cuts off the name at the first space character I would use.

Code:

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cin.getline(TypeOFMachine, 20); //Inputs until the end of a line is detected

for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
    cout<<TypeOFMachine[i];

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