Question

I have a name of a variable in my .h file which a function has the same name…
for example:

//computer.h  
class Computer{  
private:  
    string computerName;  
    int cores;  
}  

//computer.cpp  
Computer::Computer(string computerName, int cores)  
{  
    ...  
}  

I want to assign the values from the .cpp function to the .h file variables.

whenever i do this, it doesn’t work. Am I doing it correctly??

this.computerName = computerName;  
this.cores=cores;

Answer 1

Instead of assignment, use initialization

Computer::Computer(string computerName, int cores) 
  :computerName(computerName), cores(cores) 
{  
    ...  
}  

Yes that works. Constructor initializer lists have that exact purpose.