Passing a string to a class
Hello all,
OK, here's the deal. I have this assignment where I am trying to implement a class method. In it I am trying to calculate the total of uppercase letters in a string. My problem is that I can't grasp how to pass the string to the accessor function. At the moment my program will not even compile giving me this error;
Code:
71 C:\C++Course\A1-1.cpp invalid conversion from `char*' to `int'
Here is my code as it stands now;
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include <cctype> // Not sure if this is really needed here
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class Word // Declaring the class object
{
public: // public section
int GetNumberOfUppercase(); // accessor function
void SetNumberOfUppercase(int UppercTotal); // accessor function
private: // begin private section
int UppercaseTotal; // member variable
};
//---------------------------------------------------
// GetNumberOfUppercase, public accessor function
// return number of uppercase letters
//---------------------------------------------------
int Word::GetNumberOfUppercase()
{
return UppercaseTotal;
}
//--------------------------------------------------
// Definition of SetNumberOfUppercase, public
// accessor function
// return sets UppercaseTotal member
//--------------------------------------------------
void Word::SetNumberOfUppercase(int UppercTotal)
{
char WordArray[25];
int i,UpperTotal;
int size = strlen(WordArray);
for(int i=0; i<size; i++)
{ if (isupper(WordArray[i]))
UpperTotal++;
}
UppercaseTotal = UpperTotal;
}
//----------------------------
// begin main processing
//----------------------------
int main()
{
char line[25];
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// Want to pass this value to SetNumberOfUppercase ?????
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
cout<<"Enter a string 25 Char. long Max : ";
cin >> line;
Word Input;
// Compile error here
Input.SetNumberOfUppercase(line);
cout<< "The word you entered " << line << " has " << endl;
cout<< Input.GetNumberOfUppercase() << " Uppercase Letters" << endl;
// Pause to look at the results
system("pause");
return 0;
} // end main
Now I've been reading a lot but somehow can't find exactly what I'm looking for. My instructor suggested that I declare a char* input. Initialize it with say input= new char[25]; but I am not sure exactly how to go about it and my instructor won't be available for several more days and I would really like to go forward with this. Can someone point me to a link or explain how to proceed with a simple example?
Thanks in advance,
.
