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    copied!<p>can anyone help me out with this code.. All i want to do is copy display the character arrays initialized in the main function am pretty new to cpp and i can't figure a way out</p> <pre><code>#include&lt;iostream&gt; using namespace std; class base1 { public: void setname(char *name); void setpubl(char *publisher); void setauth(char *author); char getname(); char getpubl(); char getauth(); private: char init_name[50], init_publ[50], init_auth[50]; }; void base1::setname(char *name) { int i=0; while(init_name[i] != '\0') { init_name[i]=name[i]; i++; } } void base1::setpubl(char *publisher) { int j=0; while(init_publ[j] != '\0') { init_publ[j]=publisher[j]; j++; } } void base1::setauth(char *author) { int k=0; while(init_auth[k] != '\0') { init_auth[k]=author[k]; k++; } } const char* base1::getname() const { return init_name; } const char* base1::getpubl() const { return init_publ; } const char* base1::getauth() const { return init_auth; } /* base1::base1() { init_name[0]=0; init_publ[0]=0; init_auth[0]=0; }*/ int main() { base1 hello; char name[]="cpp"; char publisher[]="dreamworks"; char author[]="random"; hello.setname(name); hello.setpubl(publisher); hello.setauth(author); cout&lt;&lt;hello.getname()&lt;&lt;endl; cout&lt;&lt;hello.getpubl()&lt;&lt;endl; cout&lt;&lt;hello.getauth()&lt;&lt;endl; return 0; } </code></pre> <p>when i try to compile it it gives me loads of errors. can some one help me out. i am using g++</p> <p>errors:</p> <blockquote> <p>copychar.cpp:49:13: error: prototype for ‘const char* base1::getname() const’ does not match any in class ‘base1’</p> <p>copychar.cpp:10:6: error: candidate is: char base1::getname()</p> <p>copychar.cpp:54:13: error: prototype for ‘const char* base1::getpubl() const’ does not match any in class ‘base1’</p> <p>copychar.cpp:11:6: error: candidate is: char base1::getpubl()</p> <p>copychar.cpp:58:13: error: prototype for ‘const char* base1::getauth() const’ does not match any in class ‘base1’</p> <p>copychar.cpp:12:6: error: candidate is: char base1::getauth()</p> </blockquote> <p>when i am using the following code, only the first character of each string is getting displayed</p> <pre><code>#include&lt;iostream&gt; using namespace std; class base1 { public: void setname(char *name); void setpubl(char *publisher); void setauth(char *author); char getname(); char getpubl(); char getauth(); private: char init_name[50], init_publ[50], init_auth[50]; }; void base1::setname(char *name) { int i=0; while(name[i] != '\0') { init_name[i]=name[i]; i++; } } void base1::setpubl(char *publisher) { int j=0; while(publisher[j] != '\0') { init_publ[j]=publisher[j]; j++; } } void base1::setauth(char *author) { int k=0; while(author[k] != '\0') { init_auth[k]=author[k]; k++; } } char base1::getname() { return *init_name; } char base1::getpubl() { return *init_publ; } char base1::getauth() { return *init_auth; } /* base1::base1() { init_name[0]=0; init_publ[0]=0; init_auth[0]=0; }*/ int main() { base1 hello; char name[]="cpp"; char publisher[]="dreamworks"; char author[]="random"; hello.setname(name); hello.setpubl(publisher); hello.setauth(author); cout&lt;&lt;hello.getname()&lt;&lt;endl; cout&lt;&lt;hello.getpubl()&lt;&lt;endl; cout&lt;&lt;hello.getauth()&lt;&lt;endl; return 0; } </code></pre>
 

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