Thread: Enum issue

I read a few tutorials on enum types, thought it'd be easy to use them until i had this idea of practicing it with classes, here's what i came up with:

person.h

Code:

using namespace std;

class Person
{
    public:
        enum Sex {FEMALE, MALE};
        // constructors
        Person();
        Person(string, string, enum Sex, int);

        // getters
        string GetFullName() const { return string(FirstName+" "+LastName); }
        string GetFirstName() const { return string(FirstName); }
        int GetAge() const { return (2010 - YearBorn); }

        string GetSex(string, string) const;

        // setters
        void SetFirstName(string str) {this->FirstName = str;}
        void SetLastName(string str) {this->LastName = str;}
        //void SetSex  stuck

    private:

        string FirstName;
        string LastName;
        Sex Sex;
        int YearBorn;

};

Person::Person()
{
    cout<<"PARAMETERLESS CONSTRUCTOR SHOULD NOT BE CALLED."<<endl;
}

Person::Person(string fName, string lName, enum Sex sex, int yBorn)
    : FirstName(fName), LastName(lName), Sex(sex), YearBorn(yBorn)
    {

    }

string Person::GetSex(string strMale="man", string strFemale="woman") const
{
    string returnStr;
    returnStr = (this->Sex) ? strMale : strFemale;
    return returnStr;
}

main.cpp

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "person.h";

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    Person p1("John","Willians",MALE,1989);
    cout<<p1.GetFullName()<<" is a "<<p1.GetSex("guy","chick");

    return 0;
}

i just cant figure out how make enums work with classes.

btw, any help non regarding the enum issue is also WELCOME. thanks

Code:

Person p1("John","Willians",Person::MALE,1989);

Since your enum is inside the Person class then it's under the scope of that class.

Originally Posted by Elysia

I can't tell if that's a joke or not, because that makes no sense...

I have a strange sense of humor.