Program does not display name

[Pitt]

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.

#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;
}

Thanks! :-)

[wildfrog]

strName->Copy(Name);

IFAIK this won't assign Name to strName.

- petter

[Pitt]

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

Any ideas how can the code be fixed?

[wildfrog]

strName = strName->Copy(Name);

This works.

- petter

[Guysl]

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

[sudhakarm]

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

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

[Pitt]

Thanks wildfrog now the code works :-)

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

Thank y'all for your answers 8)

[NMTop40]

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

[wildfrog]

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

Yes, it does...

- petter