string overload error?

[kmce]

I am trying to use a string so I can add a persons name but i keep getting an overload error?

class Character
{
public:
	Character(string Name);

It works when its an int but not a string , any ideas to why this may be?

[jlb]

Have you #included the proper header file to use the string class? How are you scoping the string class to the std namespace?

[kmce]

I believe so

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

[Peter87]

How are you passing the string to the constructor?

[jlb]

Also what other constructors do you have for your class?

[kmce]

Character::Character(string Name);

Is that how it is passed to the constructor. Only learnt it last week.

[AbstractionAnon]

What is the full text of the error?

[kmce]

I have these they all work apart from the string and char

	Character(string Name);
	string GetName();
	Character(int Age);
	int GetAge()const;
	Character(char Sex);
	char GetSex;
	Character(int ExperienceLevel = 0);
	int GetExperienceLevel() const;

[jlb]

Please post a small complete program. It looks like you're confusing constructors with "setter" functions.

[kmce]

This is all I have of the program I am working on.

[code]
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class Character
{
public:
Character(string Name);
string GetName();
Character(int Age);
int GetAge()const;
Character(char Sex);
char GetSex;
Character(int ExperienceLevel = 0);
int GetExperienceLevel() const;

[jlb]

You probably don't need or want all of those constructors. As I said you seem to be confusing constructors with functions to set the various variables to a value. You probably don't need any of the constructors if you create setter functions instead.

In any case at present you have two constructors that take the same type of parameter.

   Character(int Age);
   Character(int ExperienceLevel = 0);

In order to overload any function, including constructors the overloaded functions must have different parameters.

[kmce]

Im going to start over again, see if I can work it out fresh and not have to work through all this mess.

So I cant have two ints?

[jlb]

So I cant have two ints?

Of course you can have a program with two ints. You can even have a class that has two ints. But really what is your real question?

[kmce]

Oh i missread what you wrote, Just noticed you said parameters.