Help with Age Class Program

[jgialis]

Fairly simple program to calculate someones age, mostly done just can't figure out the last part. Any help is appreciated. This is my first forum post btw, I'm a noob can someone please also tell me how to format the code better and place it in that window so its more readable?


#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class ageDefiner{
private:
double age;
double yearBorn;
double currentYear = 2016;

public: void getYearBorn (int x){

x = yearBorn;
}
double getAge(){
age = currentYear - yearBorn;
return age;
}
};

int main() {
int yearBorn;
ageDefiner A1;

cout << "What year were you born in? \n\n";
cin >> yearBorn;


cout << "You are " << A1.getAge() << " years old.\n\n";

}

[TarikNeaj]

Hello and welcome =)

I'm a noob can someone please also tell me how to format the code better and place it in that window so its more readable?

Read here - http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/jEywvCM9/

I'll edit this post soon.

Edit: You're definitely on the right track here. A few things to change though.

void getYearBorn(int x){

	x = yearBorn;
}

This looks more like a set function rather than a get function. Also you need to reverse the order of it.

void setYearBorn(int x){

	yearBorn = x; // like this
}

Now you just have to call it to set the year you were born -

cout << "What year were you born in? \n\n";
cin >> yearBorn;
A1.setYearBorn(yearBorn);

Edit 2:
Now that the year has been set for A1. You can get the age.

Full program:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class ageDefiner{
private:
	double age;
	double yearBorn;
	double currentYear = 2016;

public: 
	void setYearBorn(int x)
	{

		yearBorn = x;
	}
	double getAge()
	{
		age = currentYear - yearBorn;
		return age;
	}
};

int main() {
	int yearBorn;
	ageDefiner A1;

	cout << "What year were you born in? \n\n";
	cin >> yearBorn;
	A1.setYearBorn(yearBorn);

	cout << "You are " << A1.getAge() << " years old.\n\n";
	
}

[jgialis]

Wow thanks so much I wasn't expecting a response so fast! Thanks :D

[TarikNeaj]

You're very welcome! anytime =)