Undefined variables in an Object

[airowe]

// This is a homework question so I don't need the solution, just help getting there...

How do I incorporate undefined variables for an Object and use them in calculations?

I need to write a program that calculates pay for hours worked under 40 and also overtime pay using Employee Objects. The hours worked and wage are user inputted. How do I declare the variable_name and construction parameters without knowing them?

Here's my code:

#include<iostream>
#include<string>

using namespace std;

#include "ccc_empl.h"

double salary = 0.0;
double hours = 0.0;
double pay = 0.0;
double ot_pay = 0.0;
double total_pay = 0.0;

int main()
{
cout << "Name of the employee: " << endl;
string name;
getline(cin, name);
cout << "Salary of the employee: " << endl;
cin >> salary;
cout << "Hours worked by employee: " << endl;
cin >> hours;

Employee name(name, salary); //This is what I don't understand.

double new_salary = name.get_salary() * hours;
name.set_salary(new_salary);

//Stopped here knowing I would get error messages and hoping that I could work through them. I obviously need more code to finish the problem...

system("pause");
return 0;
}

[airowe]

Do I need to pass the information into the Employee Object?

[Zaita]

The line you've highlighted is creating an object called Employee. The name of the object your creating will be called "name" and your passing 2 variables through to the constructor (name and salary).

You only need to pass the information through if that's the design of the Employee object.