Re: Virtual Variables?
On Fri, 04 May 2007 20:51:16 +1200, BWIGLEY wrote:
I have an object (dsply_stuff), which inherits msg_lin and has a
variable count. I want to be able to access count from functions within
msg_lin, How would I do this? I thought putting 'virtual int count;' in
msg_lin might work, but I guess it doesn't...
#include <cstdio>
class msg_lin {
/*Doesn't work right, I want count to be the dsply_stuff::count,
not msg_lin::count*/
virtual int count;
public:
bool msg(void);
};
#endif
bool msg_lin::msg(void) {
/*this is supposed to display dsply_stuff::count, not msg_lin's */
printf("count: %d\n", count);
}
class dsply_stuff : public msg_lin {
int count;
public:
dsply_stuff(int var);
};
#endif
dsply_stuff::dsply_stuff(int var) {
count = var;
}
int main(void) {
dsply_stuff display(7);
dsply_stuff *p_dsply;
p_dsply = &display;
p_dsply->msg(); //should display count: 7
getchar();
}
Something like this?
#include <cstdio>
class msg_lin
{
public:
virtual int get_count() const =0; // pure virtual - derived class must implement
void msg() const
{
printf("count: %d\n", get_count()); // uses derived class implementation of get_count()
}
};
class dsply_stuff : public msg_lin
{
int count;
public:
dsply_stuff(int var) : count(var) // prefer initialisation to assignment
{
}
virtual int get_count() const // implements base class pure virtual
{
return count;
}
};
int main()
{
dsply_stuff display(7);
msg_lin* p = &display;
p->msg();
}
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