( Help please! :) )I'm having trouble utilizing a class object within another class

[johndoejohndoe]

I am trying to incorporate an object of a date class that I have created into a student class that I have created, but I am unsure how. Here are both of my classes thus far.

DATE>H
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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class Date{

        private:

                //data members
                int mm,dd,yyyy;


        public:



                //constructors
                Date();
                Date(int mm,int dd,int yyyy);

                //methods
                void display()const;
                void input();
};

DATE.CPP
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#include "date.h"
//function definitions

        Date::Date(){

                cout << "default constructor";

                mm = 0;

                dd = 0;

                yyyy = 0;

        }

        Date::Date(int mm,int dd,int yyyy){

                Date::mm = mm;

                Date::dd = dd;

                Date::yyyy = yyyy;

        }

        void Date::input(){

                char x = '/';

                cout << "please input the month, day and year (mm/dd/yyyy)";
                cout << endl;
                cin >> mm >> x >> dd >> x >> yyyy;
                cout << endl;


        }

        void Date::display() const {

                cout << mm << "/" << dd << "/" << yyyy;

        }

STUDENT.H
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#include <iostream>
#include "date.h"
using namespace std;

class Student{

        private:
                Date dob;      
                string studentid;
                char gender;


        public:

                //Default Constructors
                Student();                
                Student(Date dob, char gender, string studentid);

                //Mutator Methods

                  //set methods
                //perhaps set dob somehow??
                void setGender();
                void setIDNumb();

                  //input and display methods
                void input();
                void display();

                //Accessor Methods  
                char getGender();
                string getIDNumb();


};

STUDENT.CPP
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       #include "student.h"

//function definitions

        void Student::setDob(//?){      
        //?
        }

        void Student::setGender(){

        cout << "Please input your gender (M/F): "; cin >> gender;

        }

        void Student::setIDNumb(){

        cout << "Please input your ID number: ";
        cin >> studentid;

        }

        char Student::getGender(){

        return gender;

        }

        string Student::getIDNumb(){

        return studentid;

        }

        void Student::input(){
        cout << endl;

        setGender();
        setIDNumb();

        }

        void Student::display(){
        cout << endl;

        cout << "Student's gender: ";
        cout << getGender();
        cout << endl;

        cout << "Student's ID number: ";
        cout << getIDNumb();
        cout << endl;

        }

Ultimately, I am attempting to output a hypothetical student's date of birth using my date class, followed by a student's gender and i.d.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you!!! :)

[AbstractionAnon]

You've already written Date::Display(). All you need to do is call it.

In student.cpp, after line 43:

  cout << "Student's DOB" << endl;
  dob.Display ();

[johndoejohndoe]

but it needs to be an object in my student class' constructor rather than simply calling it from "student's" driver

[AbstractionAnon]

I don't understand what you mean by that statement.

I don't see an implementation for either your Student default constructor or Student's parameterized constructor (declared in your header at lines 16-17).

Regarding setDob():

void Student::setDob (const Date & Dob)
{  dob = Dob;      
}

That should give you a clue what you have to do in your constructor.

Note: It is a poor practice to name your arguments the same as your member variables.