Question

The first if statement enters as suspected. The object calls the getCount() function but the value that is incremented is not the previous count but instead 0. I tried using Count += Count in the function.

int main(){
    .........     
    int displayCount;
    while(!inputfile.eof()) 
    {

        inputfile.get(letter);

            Checker object1;
            if (object1.isValid(letter)))
            {
                displayCount = object1.getCount();
            }
    }
    cout << displayCount;
   .
   .
   .
Checker::Checker() :
    m_Valid(false),
    count(0)
{
}


int Checker::getCount()
{

    if(m_Valid)
    {
        count ++;
    }

    return count;
}

My inclination is that once the value is returned from the function then thats it. It will no longer hold the previous value bc of this (my guess).

Answer 1

You just need to move Checker object1 outside of the loop; a new instance is being created with a count of zero for each pass as the code stands.