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    Re: Question

    [When posting code, please use code tags so that the code is readable. Go Advanced, select the formatted code and click '#']

    The main issue with this code is the mis-understanding around the type char *. This means a pointer to memory that contains values of type char. It doesn't allocate any memory for these characters. You have to do this - which isn't done in the code. Are you sure that you need to use type char * and not say type array of char (eg char name[40] or even better type std::string? As the data member is specified as type char, I would assume in this case that an array of char to be used rather than char*.
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    Re: Question

    Quote Originally Posted by 2kaud View Post
    [When posting code, please use code tags so that the code is readable. Go Advanced, select the formatted code and click '#']

    The main issue with this code is the mis-understanding around the type char *. This means a pointer to memory that contains values of type char. It doesn't allocate any memory for these characters. You have to do this - which isn't done in the code. Are you sure that you need to use type char * and not say type array of char (eg char name[40] or even better type std::string? As the data member is specified as type char, I would assume in this case that an array of char to be used rather than char*.

    could you please let me know how I can correct my code?

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    Re: Question

    Obviously this is homework - so we don't provide all the code. have you not covered char arrays yet?

    The class data members using a char array should be something like:

    Code:
       char name[40];
        int mark1; 
        int mark2;
    and for main()

    Code:
       char nam[40];
        int m1,m2;
    The class constructor will need to be changed so that the contents of the char arrays are copied. Have a go and post your revised code. We'll then advise further. Cheers!
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