C++ proper usage of ostream inside a class and passing arguments? - c++

Question

I've recently started learning c++ and for the life of me, I can't seem to get the syntax of using ostream in a class and what arguments should I pass. Here's the code:
This is the class in question:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class Pokemon{
friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, Pokemon);
public:
string name, level, cp;
Pokemon(string x="Pikachu", string y="5", string z="1000"){
name = x;
level = y;
cp = z;
}
Pokemon name(){
return this->name;
}
Pokemon level(){
return this->level;
}
Pokemon cp(){
return this->cp;
}
Pokemon display_stats(){
cout << this-> name << "stats are:" << endl;
cout << " " << "Attack: 2716.05" << endl;
cout << " " << "Defence: 1629.63" << endl;
cout << " " << "HP: 1086.42" << endl;
}
};
template<typename TYPE> //i dont understand this and the things i've written down here are only based on samples i've seen
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, Pokemon & c){
os << "The level of " << c.name << " is" << c.level << " with cp of " << c.cp;
}
As you could see, I already tried constructing the ostream thing but I don't really understand how it works. This is my main function:
int main()
{
Pokemon a, b, c, d;
a = Pokemon();
b = Pokemon("Weezing");
c = Pokemon("Nidoking", 100);
d = Pokemon("Mewtwo", 50, 5432.1);
cout << a << endl;
cout << b << endl;
cout << c << endl;
cout << d << endl;
cout << "Jessie: You are no match to me! Go " << b.name << "!" << endl;
cout << "Gary: Go lvl " << c.level << " " << c.name << "! Crush them" << endl;
cout << "Ash: " << a.name << " can do it even thouh he is only level " << a.level << endl;
cout << "Jessie: Hahaha! My " << b.name << " CP is " << b.cp << endl;
cout << "Gary: "<< c.name << " CP is " << c.cp << endl;
cout << "Ash: " << a.name << " CP is " << a.cp << endl;
cout << "Giovanni: Behold " << d.name << " is here." << endl;
d.display_stats();
return 0;
}
I'm getting errors of:
no instance of constructor "Pokemon::Pokemon" matches the argument list -- argument types are: (const char [9], int) //on line c = Pokemon("Nidoking", 100);
no instance of constructor "Pokemon::Pokemon" matches the argument list -- argument types are: (const char [7], int, double) //on line d = Pokemon("Mewtwo", 50, 5432.1);

Answer 1

All of your Pokemon class methods are returning the wrong type. And your main() is not calling any of the methods correctly at all.
Change your Pokemon class to look more like this:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class Pokemon {
private:
string m_name;
int m_level;
double m_cp;
friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, const Pokemon&);
public:
Pokemon(string x="Pikachu", int y=5, double z=1000) {
m_name = x;
m_level = y;
m_cp = z;
}
string name() const {
return m_name;
}
int level() const {
return m_level;
}
double cp() const {
return m_cp;
}
void display_stats() const {
cout << m_name << " stats are:" << endl;
cout << " " << "Attack: 2716.05" << endl;
cout << " " << "Defense: 1629.63" << endl;
cout << " " << "HP: 1086.42" << endl;
}
};
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const Pokemon &c) {
os << "The level of " << c.m_name << " is " << c.m_level << " with cp of " << c.m_cp;
return os;
}
And then change main() to look more like this:
int main()
{
Pokemon a;
Pokemon b("Weezing");
Pokemon c("Nidoking", 100);
Pokemon d("Mewtwo", 50, 5432.1);
cout << a << endl;
cout << b << endl;
cout << c << endl;
cout << d << endl;
cout << "Jessie: You are no match to me! Go " << b.name() << "!" << endl;
cout << "Gary: Go lvl " << c.level() << " " << c.name() << "! Crush them" << endl;
cout << "Ash: " << a.name() << " can do it even though he is only level " << a.level() << endl;
cout << "Jessie: Hahaha! My " << b.name() << " CP is " << b.cp() << endl;
cout << "Gary: " << c.name() << " CP is " << c.cp() << endl;
cout << "Ash: " << a.name() << " CP is " << a.cp() << endl;
cout << "Giovanni: Behold " << d.name() << " is here." << endl;
d.display_stats();
return 0;
}
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