Need help on array

My project is to create shapes, and place Shape * pointers to each new Shape object into an array.

This is something that I came up with, and it doesn't work at all.

#include <iostream>

using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;

#include "shape.h"
#include "circle.h"
#include "rectangle.h"
#include "square.h"
#include "triangle.h"

void virtualViaPointer( const Shape * );

int main()
{
bool exit = false;
for (;;)
{
int choice;
Shape *arrayOfShapes[ 4 ];

cout << "( 1 ) Circle" << endl;
cout << "( 2 ) Rectangle\n";
cout << "( 3 ) Square\n";
cout << "( 4 ) Triangle\n";
cout << "( 5 ) Quit\n";
cout << "Choose shape to create: ";
cin >> choice;

for ( int i = 0; i < 4; i++ )
{

switch( choice )
{
case ( 1 ):
virtualViaPointer( arrayOfShapes[ i ] );
break;
case ( 2 ):
virtualViaPointer( arrayOfShapes[ i ] );
break;
case ( 3 ):
virtualViaPointer( arrayOfShapes[ i ] );
break;
case ( 4 ):
virtualViaPointer( arrayOfShapes[ i ] );
break;
case ( 5 ):
exit = true;
break;
default:
cout << "Please select again!\n";
break;
}
if ( exit )
break;
}
}
return 0;
}

void virtualViaPointer( const Shape *baseClassPtr )
{
baseClassPtr->printShapeName();
baseClassPtr->print();
cout <<"\nArea = " << baseClassPtr->area() << "\n\n";
}

Please help!

You need to create the shapes as well...

Code:

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switch( choice )
{
case ( 1 ):
arrayOfShapes[i] = new Circle;
virtualViaPointer( arrayOfShapes[ i ] );
break;
case ( 2 ):
arrayOfShapes[i] = new Rectangle;
virtualViaPointer( arrayOfShapes[ i ] );
break;

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etc.

Also, you need to free the memory before the program exits.

Code:

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for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) delete arrayOfShapes[i];

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