So here is cliff notes of my assignment:
-Use Inheritence
-Person(lname, fname, address) inherited by employee(rate, hours)
What I would like to do:
-Find how long my arrays have to be(depends on file length)
-open file
-go to function retrieve lastname from file
-go to another function retrieve firstname
...etc
-close file
after all arrays have been file i want to send array to another function to be printed
Now is this possible? to open a file in main and read data in another function? Because if I close the file each time i grab something from it it will start reading from the first line again.
MAIN
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include "employee.h"
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string line;
double count = 0;
int intcount = 0;
ifstream myfile;
myfile.open ("input.txt");
//Get number of line files is to calculate size of arrays
while (!myfile.eof())
{
getline(myfile, line);
count++;
};
intcount = int(ceil(count*.25));
//intializing arrays
string lastName[intcount];
string firstName[intcount];
string address[intcount];
double rate[intcount];
double hours[intcount];
//filling arrayas
for(int i = 0; i < intcount; i++)
{
//Make instance of objects
employee employee1;
//Gets------------------------
//Sets------------------------
lastName[i] = employee1.setLastName();
firstName[i] = employee1.setFirstName();
address[i] = employee1.setAddress();
rate[i] = employee1.setRate();
hours[i] = employee1.setHours();
};
//employee1.display();
myfile.close();
system("PAUSE");
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}.H
#ifndef EMPLOYEE_H
#define EMPLOYEE_H
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;
class person
{
public:
//CONSTRUCTOR--------------------------------
person();
//GETS---------------------------------------
string getLastName(void);
string getFirstName(void);
string getAddress(void);
//SETS---------------------------------------
string setLastName(void);
string setFirstName(void);
string setAddress(void);
void display(void);
private:
string firstName;
string lastName;
string address;
};
class employee : public person
{
public:
//CONSTRUCTOR--------------------------------
employee();
//GETS---------------------------------------
double getRate(void);
double getHours(void);
//SETS---------------------------------------
double setRate(void);
double setHours(void);
void display(string, string, string, double, double);
private:
string firstName;
string lastName;
string address;
double rate;
double hours;
};.CPP
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include "employee.h"
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
// CONSTRUCTOR
employee::person()
{
firstName = "";
lastName = "";
address = "";
};
employee::employee()
{
rate = 0.0;
hours = 0.0;
};
//FUNCTIONS---------------------------------------------------------------------
string getLastName(void)
{
return lastName;
};
string getFirstName(void)
{
return firstname;
};
string getAddress(void)
{
return address;
};
string setLastName(void)
{
getline(myfile, lastName);
return lastName;
};
string setFirstName(void)
{
getline(myfile, firstName);
return firstName;
};
string setAddress(void)
{
getline(myfile, address);
return address;
};
void display(void)
{
};
double getRate(void)
{
return rate;
};
double getHours(void)
{
return hours;
};
double setRate(void)
{
getline(myfile, rate);
return rate;
};
double setHours(void)
{
getline(myfile, hours);
return hours;
};
void display(string, string, string, double, double)
{
};