I keep getting various errors while trying to pass a varriable through my second constructor

[lyonm513]

I need help fixing the second constructor so i can pass a a name trough it i know the call is right so its an issue with the second employee constructor.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstring>

using namespace std;

class Employee
{
public:
  Employee()
  {
  	char person[]="None";
  	strcpy (name, person);
  	idNum=1000;
  	salary=0;
  };
  Employee(const char *x, int id, double sal)
  {
	strcpy (name, *x);
  	idNum=id;
  	salary=sal;
  };

    
  void printEmp()
  	{
  		cout<<"Employee: ";
  		for (int x=0;x<26;x++)
  		{
  			cout<<name[x];
		}
  		cout<<"ID: "<<idNum;
  		cout<<"Salary: "<<salary;
  	};
  void increaseSalary( double more)
  {
	if (more>0)
	{
		salary=salary+more;
	}
	else
	{
		cout<<"Error: the salary cannot be increased";
	}
  };

  void setIDnum( int newIDnum)
  {
  	if (newIDnum<1000||newIDnum>9999999)
  	{
		cout<<"Error: the new identification number is invalid. It will be ste to 1000";
  		idNum=1000;
	}
	else
	{
		idNum=newIDnum;
	}
  };
  void setSalary( double newSalary)
  {
  	if(newSalary<=0)
  	{
  		cout<<"Error: the passed in salary is invalid. The salary will be set to 0.00";
  		salary=0.00;
	}
	else
	{
		salary=newSalary;
	}
  };

  int getIDnum()
  {
  	return idNum;
  };
  double getSalary()
  {
  	return salary;
  };

private:
  char name[25];
  int idNum;
  double salary;
};


int main()
{
Employee e1= Employee( "Matthew Lyon", 1704663, 678367732.40);

[jlb]

What exactly is the error?

You may want to compare line 21 to line 15. One is correct the other is incorrect, see if you can figure out the problem.

[Moschops]

strcpy (name, *x);

strcpy takes two char-pointers. name is a char pointer, but *x isn't a char-pointer.

Also, why use char arrays? Just use a string.

[lyonm513]

33 18 C:\Users\lyonm513\Documents\Program 8.cpp [Error] invalid conversion from 'char' to 'const char*' [-fpermissive]

[lyonm513]

thats the error i keep getting

[Moschops]

Yes. We already told you what the problem is. The function you're trying to use takes two parameters. BOTH parameters must be char-pointers. *x is NOT a char-pointer.

Is that clear? You must pass a parameter that IS a char-pointer, but the parameter *x is NOT a char-pointer.

The parameter is meant to be a certain type, but you are passing something that is NOT that type.

Do you understand how, for example, an int is not a string? This is a similar situation; a char is NOT a char-pointer.