Program does not display name

Hi ya

Could you help me with this program? The problem is when I run the program and the name of the animal is not displayed.

Code:

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#include "stdafx.h"
#include "string.h"
#include "conio.h"


#using <mscorlib.dll>


using namespace System;

__gc class animal
{
public:
        int legs;
       
        void SetName(String *Name)
{ strName->Copy(Name); };

        String* GetName() { return strName; };

private:
        String *strName;
};

int _tmain()
{
    animal *Cat, *Dog;
       
        Cat = new animal;
        Dog = new animal;

        Cat->SetName("Cat");
        Dog->SetName("Dog");
        Cat->legs = 4;
        Dog->legs = 4;

        Console::WriteLine("Animal 1");
        Console::Write("Name: ");
        Console::WriteLine(Cat->GetName());
        Console::Write("Legs: ");
        Console::WriteLine(Cat->legs);
        Console::WriteLine();
       
        Console::WriteLine("Animal 2");
        Console::Write("Name: ");
        Console::WriteLine(Dog->GetName());
        Console::Write("Legs: ");
        Console::WriteLine(Dog->legs);
        Console::WriteLine();
       
        Console::Write("Press any key to continue...");

        getch();

        return 0;
}

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Thanks! :-)

Code:

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strName->Copy(Name);

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IFAIK this won't assign Name to strName.

- petter

That's funny because this code snippet is from Microsoft's step by step book :D

Any ideas how can the code be fixed?

Code:

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strName = strName->Copy(Name);

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This works.

- petter

Its a guess, but maybe
Console::WriteLine should get other type than 'String'
which is the type returned by 'Cat->GetName()'

Instead of the following
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void SetName(String *Name)
{ strName->Copy(Name); };

Try like this
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void SetName(String *Name)
{ *strName = *Name };

Thanks wildfrog now the code works :-)

sudhakarm the code you wrote doesn't work, unfortunately.

Thank y'all for your answers 8)

Sorry but what sort of C++ is this? Doesn't this belong in the managed C++ forum?

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Doesn't this belong in the managed C++ forum?

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Yes, it does...

- petter