Passing a reference to a member function

[Guest_imported]

Ok, the thing is... I got the whole 'passing a reference' thing down. My problem is the whole gist of getting the correct data types in strcpy... This is essentially what my feeble mind is trying to do:
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void <classname>::setname(char &n){
strcpy(name,n); }

// from my main()
<classname> ob1;
char n[12];
n = &quot;Jimmy&quot;; //Just an example, im really going by user input
ob1.setname;
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I've also tried passing pointers... can anyone point out my flaw or tell me if this is even possible? Im so new at this!!

 

[Zyrenthian]

strings are a bit different in the way you set them.

When declaring the string you can do

char n[] = &quot;Jimmy&quot;;

but char n[12];
n = &quot;Jimmy&quot; will not work as expected...

You should do

strcpy(n,&quot;Jimmy&quot;


As for the function it should look like:

void <classname>::setname(char* n){
strcpy(name,n); }

By default, pointers are passed by reference.

I hope this clarified it a bit.

Matt

 

[Guest_imported]

Ok, Matt, thanks! That actually helped clear things up a bit.. fixed a bunch of errors but now i got 3 left!
I think its in how I am passing these strings to the member function. My strings are all randomly based on user input with a maximum of 12 chars. I am then setting my char variable after they make their input.

I am setting and sending it somewhat like this:
cin >> a;
if (a=1)
name = &quot;Jimmy&quot;;
//etc..
else
name = &quot;Unknown&quot;;

ob1.setname(&name);

Am I way out in left field over here??

 

[StukA]

Only 1 mistake there - assuming name is a char* variable, you should call ob1.setname(name). Of course, to make this really C++, you could ditch the char* (C-strings) and use the STL string class...it's much easier to deal with IMO.