Thread: Self referential class || Stroring an address of a class

I also think that this was an assignment more or less connected with the implementation of a linked list.

To be more precise to my previous post: I do not encourage learning C++ by assigning C-style programs. BUT if someone has already faced a problem, wrote some code, he should be given an explanation of why it does not work, why it is a bad practise, and what is most important, run this code to see what happens. C/C++ is used for learning basic data structures, and it might have been this "separate assignment".

It isn't a language-specific approach, it even isn't thing-specific.

Originally Posted by krishnapollu

@ sarath :
I I just read thcode. I think ur problem is that u can't search for a particular book. The mistake is , u have used == operator to compare strings.. Instead u should use strcmp()..

i thnk ur prblm is us txt spk n frm.

Originally Posted by krishnapollu

@others :
try to understand what is the problem he is facing.. And make him clarify it rather than confusing him with much complex things.

These "complex things" you are referring to are standard C++ and are in fact easier to implement than a linked list or char arrays. If you do not know how to use the standard features of the language then maybe you should learn before contributing to this board. The answer was in fact provided, if the OP used std::string vice char arrays the use of '==' would have worked.

Originally Posted by kmdv

I also think that this was an assignment more or less connected with the implementation of a linked list.

Well, let's see what the OP has to say about that......

Originally Posted by Sara th

By the way, this is not at all an implementation of linked list. An assignment, true, to implement a bookshop using class. I wanted to do it with dynamic memory allocation rather than going for an array of objects.

So, since we are in fact using C++, then a solution using the STL with std::list and/or std::vector would be the solution. kmdv, we are in the business of teaching people how to program. This means to use the STL when appropriate and to properly implement the C++ language, which is not using char arrays or any other C feature such as the implementation of a user defined linked list.

Since you seemed to have missed the link Laser posted, here it is again: Learning C++ as a new language. Call me crazy but I think Bjarne Stroustrup might know what he is talking about when it comes to C++.

For your information, I am aware of the links other post.

This means to use the STL when appropriate and to properly implement the C++ language, which is not using char arrays or any other C feature such as the implementation of a user defined linked list.

I understand, I said:

I do not encourage learning C++ by assigning C-style programs. BUT [...]

The difference is that he has already started coding. If he hadn't and had asked "how can I implement a sequence of bookshops?" I would have answered "use std::list or std::vector". But he has shown his code and I attempted to point out his mistakes.

Originally Posted by manasij7479

Don't you think using a std::list would be a wrong thing to do ...for a student when he is learning about the implementation of a linked list ?

Yes. However, I also think that cluttering the learning of the implementation of a linked list with so many different member variables, and without any clarity in differentiating between a node and the entire linked list, is a wrong pedagogical approach.

Originally Posted by Sara th

I was not aware of these things when I wrote the program. Next time I will try

That's fine. You don't need to be aware of everything before you start.