Thread: having trouble using classes

I have an assignment to write a program that allows you to input either arabic or mayan numbers and convert them to each other. we are supposed to use a class containing all of the functions and variables. lucky for me my teacher from my previous class neglected to teach us classes so I am sort of learning them as I go along. So far everything seemed to work ok until I tried to write the function that outputs the mayan number. I have the mayan number stored in a char array. In my output function it compiles with a warning and I get an error when I run the program. But when I cout the array in the same function as I inputted it everything works out just fine. Any information would be great, Thanks!

My class.

Code:

class MayanNumberType 
{
public: 
	int GetArabicNumber();
	void GetMayanNumber();
	void ConvertToArabic();
	void ConvertToMayan();
	void PrintArabicNumber();
	void PrintMayanNumber();
	char MayanNumber[50];
	int ArabicNumber;
};

This is my input function.

Code:

void MayanNumberType::GetMayanNumber()
{
	MayanNumberType x;
	cout << "Please enter the Mayan Number: ";
	cin.ignore();
	cin.getline(x.MayanNumber, 50);	
}

This is my Output function. I am just outputting the first value in the array until I get it working.

Code:

void MayanNumberType::PrintMayanNumber()
{
	MayanNumberType x;
	cout << x.MayanNumber[0];
}

Why print the Mayan Number from x, which should print out (but, alas, probably won't) as "completely uninitialized data" when you can just drop the x and print out the Mayan Number of the calling object?