I have no error or warning when compling this code but as you can see it keeps changing one of my inputs (int ID) into a random number. This same number is still the output when i change the imput.

code:

#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<sstream>
using namespace std;

class student
{
protected:
	string name;
	int ID;
public:
	student()
	{
		name = "no name";
		ID = 0;
	}
	student (string pname,int pID)
	{
		name = pname;
		ID = pID;
	}
	~student(){}
	//virtual void add()=0;
	virtual void print()=0;
};

class physstd : public student
{
private:
	string course;
	string grade;
	int percentage;
public:
	physstd()
	{
		course = "Null";
		grade = "Null";
		percentage = 0;
	}
	physstd(string name,int pID,string pcourse, string pgrade, int ppercentage):student(name,ID)
	{
		course = pcourse;
		grade = pgrade;
		percentage = ppercentage;
	}
	~physstd(){}
	//void add();
	void print()
	{
		cout<<"| "<<name<<" | "<<ID<<" | "<<course<<" | "<<grade<<" | "<<percentage<<"% |"<<endl<<endl;
	}
};
class chemstd : public student
{
private:
	string course;
	string grade;
	int percentage;
public:
	chemstd()
	{
		course = "Null";
		grade = "Null";
		percentage = 0;
	}
	chemstd(string name,int pID,string pcourse, string pgrade, int ppercentage): student(name,ID)
	{
		course = pcourse;
		grade = pgrade;
		percentage = ppercentage;
	}
	~chemstd(){}
	//void add();
	void print()
	{
		cout<<"| "<<name<<" | "<<ID<<" | "<<course<<" | "<<grade<<" | "<<percentage<<"% |"<<endl<<endl;
	}
};

class mathstd : public student
{
private:
	string course;
	string grade;
	int percentage;
public:
	mathstd()
	{
		course = "Null";
		grade = "Null";
		percentage = 0;
	}
	mathstd(string name,int pID,string pcourse, string pgrade, int ppercentage): student(name,ID)
	{
		course = pcourse;
		grade = pgrade;
		percentage = ppercentage;
	}
	~mathstd(){}
	//void add();
	void print()
	{
		cout<<"| "<<name<<" | "<<ID<<" | "<<course<<" | "<<grade<<" | "<<percentage<<"% |"<<endl<<endl;
	}
};
int main()
{
	student *pp;
	physstd s;
	physstd s1("Terence Britton",5,"C++","A*",100);
	pp=&s;		pp->print();
	pp=&s1;		pp->print();

	return 0;
}

output:

| no name | 0 | Null | 0% |

| Terence Britton | -858993460 | C++ | A* | 100%

Obviously -858993460 is not what i entered in the main, which was 5. Any help with this would be much appreciated

thanks

In the derived constructors, you want to to pass the pID to the base class.

Thanks very much

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