Object Hierarchy employee program - dereferencing pointer for cout - c++

Question

I am new to c++ and am working on a project for class. I know I that some of my functions are not correct. I am trying to get to a point to where I can at least see the output to continue working on it. I have included a brief description of that I am trying to do.
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Employee
{
protected:
char* name[50];
public:
Employee()
{
}
Employee(char* name)
{
strcpy(name, name);
}
char* getName()
{
return *name;
}
void setName(char* name)
{
name = name;
}
/*virtual ~Employee()
{
delete[] name;
}*/
virtual void print() = 0;
};
class HourlyEmployee : public Employee
{
private:
float HourlySalary;
public:
HourlyEmployee()
{
HourlySalary = 0;
}
HourlyEmployee(char* name, float HourlySalary)
{
name = name;
HourlySalary = HourlySalary;
}
double getHourlySalary()
{
return HourlySalary;
//cout << "What is your Hourly Salary" << endl;
//cin >> HourlySalary;
}
void setHourlySalary(double HourlySalary)
{
}
void print()
{
cout << "Hourly Employee Name: " << &name << endl
<< "Salary: " << &HourlySalary << "per hour" << endl;
}
};
class SalariedEmployee : public Employee
{
private:
float MonthlySalary;
public:
SalariedEmployee()
{
MonthlySalary = 0;
}
SalariedEmployee(char* name, float MonthlySalary)
{
}
double getMonthlyySalary()
{
return MonthlySalary;
//cout << "What is your Hourly Salary" << endl;
//cin >> MonthlySalary;
}
void setMonthlySalary(double MonthlySalary)
{
}
void print()
{
cout << "Hourly Employee Name: " << name << endl
<< "Salary: " << MonthlySalary << "per month" << endl;
}
};
int main() {
SalariedEmployee* S = new SalariedEmployee();
SalariedEmployee S1("Joe Bob", '4500');
HourlyEmployee* H = new HourlyEmployee();
HourlyEmployee H1("Jim Bob", '20');
S1.print();
H1.print();
delete S, H;
system("pause");
return 0;
}

Answer 1

From the description of your exercise I concluded that you're asking for something like this:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Employee
{
protected:
char name[50];
public:
Employee()
{
}
Employee(char* name)
{
strncpy_s(this->name, 49, name, 49);
}
char* getName()
{
return this->name;
}
void setName(char *name)
{
strncpy_s(this->name, 49, name, 49);
}
virtual void print() = 0;
};
class HourlyEmployee : public Employee
{
private:
float hourlySalary;
public:
HourlyEmployee()
{
hourlySalary = 0;
}
HourlyEmployee(char* name, float HourlySalary)
{
strncpy_s(this->name, 49, name, 49);
this->hourlySalary = HourlySalary;
}
double getHourlySalary()
{
return hourlySalary;
//cout << "What is your Hourly Salary" << endl;
//cin >> HourlySalary;
}
void setHourlySalary(double HourlySalary)
{
this->hourlySalary = HourlySalary;
}
void print()
{
cout << "Hourly Employee Name: " << this->name << endl
<< "Salary: " << hourlySalary << " per hour" << endl;
}
};
class SalariedEmployee : public Employee
{
private:
float MonthlySalary;
public:
SalariedEmployee()
{
MonthlySalary = 0;
}
SalariedEmployee(char* name, float MonthlySalary)
{
strncpy_s(this->name, 49, name, 49);
this->MonthlySalary = MonthlySalary;
}
double getMonthlyySalary()
{
return MonthlySalary;
//cout << "What is your Hourly Salary" << endl;
//cin >> MonthlySalary;
}
void setMonthlySalary(double MonthlySalary)
{
this->MonthlySalary = MonthlySalary;
}
void print()
{
cout << "Hourly Employee Name: " << name << endl
<< "Salary: " << MonthlySalary << " per month" << endl;
}
};
int main()
{
Employee * employee[2];
employee[0] = new SalariedEmployee("Joe Bob", 4000);
employee[1] = new HourlyEmployee("Jim Bob", 20);
for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
{
employee[i]->print();
}
for (size_t i = 0; i < 2; i++)
{
delete employee[i];
}
system("pause");
return 0;
}
First off,your name variable's gotta be of type char[50],not *char[50]. So I used strncpy(or the safe function strncpy_s) to copy the name in our constructor. Since you're dealing with chars,you cannot assign it like you did in some parts of your code,like this name = name. And I used this->name because the variable names are identical. Next off,in your main function you gotta have the Employee class and then assign it to an HourlyEmployee and SalariedEmployee , because those are the principles of polymorphism. Hope that I have helped you and if you have any questions,don't hesitate to ask.
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