Question

C++ question

Answer 1

following is a the definition of a function within a class "Tasklist"

void addTask(char name[],char course[],char dueDate[]){
taskCount++;
Task task(taskCount, name, course, dueDate);
tasks[taskCount] = task;
}

where "tasks" is an array of object "Task"
The problem this: at the end of the function, the members of the element at "tasks[taskCount]" like name, due date, etc, are indeed what was passed into this function, but after returning to this function's caller, all those values become garbage.

Answer 2

I figured it was something to do with passing by reference verses passing by value, but I'm not really passing the tasks array around; it is a member of the class that this function has access too, right?

Answer 3

Here is a summary of the class definition:

class Task
{
private:
int number;
char* name;
char* dueDate;
char* course;
char* saveText;

public:

Task(int num, char n[], char c[], char d[]){
number = num;
name = new char[strlen(n) + 1];
dueDate = new char[strlen(d) + 1];
course = new char[strlen(c) + 1];
saveText = new char[strlen(n) + strlen(d) + strlen(c) + 3];

strcpy(name, n);
strcpy(dueDate, d);
strcpy(course, c);
strcat(strcat(strcat(strcat(strcpy(saveText,n)
,";"),c),";"),d);
};

~Task(){
delete [] name;
delete [] dueDate;
delete [] course;
delete [] saveText;
}

Answer 4

figured it out.

Answer 5

Once rewrite your class and define the variables:
int number;
char* name;
char* dueDate;
char* course;
char* saveText;

as public!

and test again!