Computer Programming - Seneca Polytechnic College•16mo ago

Why can't I just return the string in my query function?

I'm not sure why I can just return the string in this query function

9 Replies

the magic guy•16mo ago

the function is expecting a reference of the string to be returned I think string&

Revan•16mo ago

do i make declare title to be string& in my class declaration? or do i do it in my function?

the magic guy•16mo ago

I think you want it to return a copy of the string just string change it in both your function prototype and declaration

Revan•16mo ago

the function prototype and declaration was given to me, i can't change that so i guess do i make a temp variable and return that? i can only change the member variables or add more variables

the magic guy•16mo ago

wait a sec its been too long idk c++ lmao this should work

class Person
{
 private:
   string m_name;

 public:
   const string& getName() const { return m_name; }
};

class Person
{
 private:
   string m_name;

 public:
   const string& getName() const { return m_name; }
};

Revan•16mo ago

Revan•16mo ago

im getting this error

the magic guy•16mo ago

your prototype and func implementation doesnt match up oh wait change the name of your function to not be the name of your class member getTitle()

Revan•16mo ago

oh i see lol thank you it works now

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Why can't I just return the string in my query function?