Question

Normal way to make a new object:

std::string date1 = "10/1/2010"; Date d1(stringToChar(date1);

But I can’t figure out how to use that in a struct. The struct:

struct RecPayments
{
    std::string name;
    Date datemake();
    float cost;
};

Trying to use it like this:

void addRecurring()
{
    //New recurring payment
    RecPayments * newPaymentItem = new RecPayments;

    //Set recurring payment properties
    newPaymentItem->name = "Test Payment";
    newPaymentItem->datemake(stringToChar("4/12/2011"));
    newPaymentItem->cost = 5;
}

Error received:

error: no matching function for call to ‘RecPayments::datemake(const char*)

What’s the proper way to do this?

Answer 1

The braces () in your Date datemake(); are confusing the compiler.

Just remove them.

If you want to explicitly create the Date object inside addRecurring() with non default c’tor then make it a pointer and create it..

struct RecPayments
{
    std::string name;
    Date* date;
    float cost;
};

void addRecurring()
{
    //New recurring payment
    RecPayments * newPaymentItem = new RecPayments;

    //Set recurring payment properties
    newPaymentItem->name = "Test Payment";
    newPaymentItem->date = new Date(stringToChar("4/12/2011"));
    newPaymentItem->cost = 5;
}

obviously as you use new, you’ll now need delete somewhere as well.. or use smart pointers..