Thread: Rational Fraction Call to Function

Hi,

Hope someone can help me. I am truly new and lost.

Given the code segment below, what line of code would I use to call for Rational Rational::Multiply(Rational otherFrac)const in the main tester program?

Thank you!!!!!!
Sharon
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Rational.h
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class Rational
{
public:

Rational();

Rational(long numerator, long denominator);

Rational Multiply (Rational otherFrac) const;

Rational.cpp
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Rational Rational::Multiply(Rational otherFrac)const

Code:

  Rational r(2,0), p(2,5); //Two instances
  Rational q = r.Multiply(p); // declare new instance of the class 
  // with the return value from Multiply method

raimo,

Thanks for your lightning quick response

What do the p & r stand for. Are they new variables that I need to declare? Here is a little more of my code

int main()
{
char operationRequest;// this is just a portion of the code
Rational left, right(3, 4), result;

case '*':
{

cout <<"Please enter fraction in N/D form"<< endl;
left.Read (cin);
cout<<endl<<endl;
cout<<"Left fraction is ";
left.Write(cout);
cout<<endl<<endl;
Rational Multiply(Rational otherFrac);
}

// I thought I could call for the function object like the above but it doesn't work even though I don't get any errors. I have a print command [before any other code] under,

Rational Rational::Multiply(Rational otherFrac)const

just to check the flow and it doesn't print.

Hope this isn't too confusing, please help if you can. I'm going to look over your code and see if I can decipher it.

Thank you so much for responding
Sharon