OK. new easy question for you guys.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>

class Employee//Class called employee
{
int Age;
int YearsOfService;
int Salary;
public:
Employee(): Age(18) ,YearsOfService(1) ,Salary(10000){} // Trying to make default values
Employee(int initialAge, int initialYearsOfService, int initialSalary); // constructor
~Employee(); // destructor
void SetAge(int age) {ItsAge = age; }
void SetYearsOfService(int YearsOfService) {ItsYearsOfService = YearsOfService; }
void SetSalary(int Salary) {ItsSalary = Salary; }

int GetAge() const { return ItsAge; }
int GetYearsOfService() const { return ItsYearsOfService ; }
int GetSalary() const { return ItsSalary; }

private:
int ItsAge;
int ItsYearsOfService;
int ItsSalary;
};

// Function definitions.
Employee::Employee (int initialAge,int initialYearsOfService,int initialSalary)
{
ItsAge = initialAge;
ItsYearsOfService = initialYearsOfService;
ItsSalary = initialSalary;
}

Employee::~Employee() // takes no action
{

}


int main()
{
Employee JohnFKennedy(36,4,2000);
Employee Tom;

std::cout<<"\nJohn F. Kennedy's Age is: "<<JohnFKennedy.GetAge();
std::cout<<"\nJohn F. Kennedy's sallary is: $"<<JohnFKennedy.GetSalary();
std::cout<<"\nJohn F. Kennedy's Years of service is: "<<JohnFKennedy.GetYearsOfService();
std::cout<<"\nTom's Age is: "<<Tom.GetAge();
std::cout<<"\nTom's sallary is: $"<<Tom.GetSalary();
std::cout<<"\nToms's Years of service is: "<< Tom.GetYearsOfService();
std::cout<<"\n";
system("pause");
return 0;
}

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OK. The problem. when i create a new object, i want the values to be default. But i get this random number instead. what am i doing wrong?

Code:

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std::cout<<"\nTom's Age is: "<<JohnFKennedy.GetAge();
std::cout<<"\nTom's sallary is: $"<<JohnFKennedy.GetSalary();
std::cout<<"\nToms's Years of service is: "<< Tom.GetYearsOfService();

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Ah the joys of copy and paste! Look at what variable you're using there. The first two (age and sallary) are not Tom's.

Quzah.

haha. My mistake. Ive corrected that. But i still get this random numbers.

Code:

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class Employee//Class called employee
{
public:
        // constructor
        // WRONG: Employee(): Age(18) ,YearsOfService(1) ,Salary(10000){} - INSTEAD:
        Employee(int initialAge = 18, int initialYearsOfService = 1, int initialSalary = 10000);
...
};

Employee::Employee(int initialAge,int initialYearsOfService,int initialSalary)
        : ItsAge(initialAge), ItsYearsOfService(initialYearsOfService), ItsSalary(initialSalary)
{ }

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I think that is what you want - an initialization list to initialize your values, and default values for when they are not specified. If you wanted two separate constructors you could also use this -- notice the use of the actual member variables (i.e. ItsAge instead of Age) in the initialization list:

Code:

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Employee::Employee() : ItsAge(18), ItsYearsOfService(1), ItsSalary(10000)
{ }

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Code:

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Employee(int initialAge=18, int initialYearsOfService=1, int initialSalary=10000):Age(initialAge) ,
                                YearsOfService(initialYearsOfService) ,
                                Salary(initialSalary){}

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I think this is what you want to do or you can do it this way as well:

Code:

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Employee(int initialAge=18, int initialYearsOfService=1, int initialSalary=10000)
{
    Age = initialAge;
    YearsofService = initialYearsOfService;
    Salary = initialSalary;
}

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Looks like jlou beat me to post lol... guess I took to long typing out reply

thanks. Im going to bed now. will test it tommorow:)

Quote:

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Originally posted by Dohojar
I think this is what you want

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Quote:

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Originally posted by jlou
I think that is what you want

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Scary! :D

*shudders* that is scary. Your reply wasn't even posted yet when I started mine. Too funny