[prog] C++ class counstruct problem

[Elizabeth Barham]

E! <evolution_9112003 at yahoo.com.au> writes:

> Hi I been trying to run this following program. But it gives me a weird
> error: "asemetric.cpp:16: type specifier omitted for parameter `
> Internal compiler error: Error reporting routines re-entered.
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> See <URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/> for instructions."
> 
> Can anyone please tell me where did I go wrong in this program? I am new
> to C/ C++

Like Random said, there is an error with the main() function
definition, which normally looks like:

int main (int argc, char* argv[]) { ... }

> #include<iostream>
> using namespace std;
> 
> class vehicle
> {
>         public:
>                 vehicle (char name, char model);

You probably mean "char * name", etc

>                 void print();
>         private:
>                 char car_name;

Again, "char * car_name" - its a pointer to a string of characters,
not a single character.

>                 char car_model;
>                 void testcar();

undefined function.

> };
> 
> int main (int argc, char * argv[])

Corrected.

> {
>                 vehicle a("Toyota", "Corolla", 1990);

There is no constructor that matches this pattern. As it is
you would need to write,

                  vehicle a('T', 'C');

as 'T' and 'C' are both characters.

A character array (aka a string) can be represented as a character
pointer (that is, a pointer to the first character containing the
string).
                 
>                 vehicle b("Nissan", "Sunny", 1994);
>                 vehicle c("Mercedes-Benz", "550", 1990);
> 
>                 cout << "Original Statistics: " << endl;
>                 cout << "=====================" <<endl;
> 
> 		a.print();
>                 b.print();
>                 c.print();
> 
> 		return (0);
> }
> 
> vehicle::vehicle(char name, char model)
>         :car_name(name), car_model(model)
> {
>         testcar();
> };

Here's a working version:

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

class vehicle
{
        public:
                vehicle (char * name, char * model, int year);
                void print();
        private:
                char * car_name;
                char * car_model;
                void testcar();
};

int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
                vehicle a("Toyota", "Corolla", 1990);
                vehicle b("Nissan", "Sunny", 1994);
                vehicle c("Mercedes-Benz", "550", 1990);

                cout << "Original Statistics: " << endl;
                cout << "=====================" <<endl;

		a.print();
                b.print();
                c.print();

		return (0);
}
void vehicle::testcar() {
  cout << __FUNCTION__ << ":" << __LINE__ << endl;
}

vehicle::vehicle(char * name, char * model, int year)
        :car_name(name), car_model(model)
{
        testcar();
};

void vehicle::print() {
  cout << "You are cruis'n in a " << car_name << " " << car_model << "." << endl;
}

hth, Elizabeth