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    copied!<p>All of the code works to my liking yet, my Customer Name and Initial Balance are not being stored because when the functions are run it just inputs 0 as Initial Balance. Am I making a simple mistake? main. cpp</p> <pre><code>#include &lt;iostream&gt; #include &lt;sstream&gt; #include &lt;string&gt; #include "Account.h" using namespace std; int main() { char Redo; string CustomerName; do { float InitialBalance = -1; float balance1 = 0; float balance2 = 0; Account Account; Account.CreditAccount (balance1, InitialBalance); Account.DebitAccount (balance2, InitialBalance); Account.DisplayBalance (CustomerName, balance1, balance2); //Asks user if they want redo the program cout &lt;&lt; "Would you like to redo the program?\n"; cout &lt;&lt; "Please enter Y or N: \n \n"; cin &gt;&gt; Redo; }while(Redo == 'Y' || Redo == 'y'); char exitchar; //Exit's the program. cout &lt;&lt; "\nPress any key and &lt;enter&gt; to exit the program.\n"; cin &gt;&gt; exitchar; return 0; } </code></pre> <p>Account.h</p> <pre><code>using namespace std; class Account { public: float balance1; float balance2; string CustomerName; float InitialBalance; float CreditAccount(float&amp; balance1, float InitialBalance); float DebitAccount(float&amp; balance2, float InitialBalance); float DisplayBalance(string CustomerName, float balance1, float balance2); Account (void); Account(float balance) { SetInitialBalance(balance); } void Account::SetInitialBalance(float balance) { if(balance &gt;= 0) { InitialBalance = balance; } else cout &lt;&lt; "Error! Initial Balance cannot be less than 0." &lt;&lt; endl; } }; Account::Account(void) { string CustomerName; cout &lt;&lt; "Your Account Machine" &lt;&lt; endl; cout &lt;&lt; "Please enter your last name." &lt;&lt; endl; cin &gt;&gt; CustomerName; while(InitialBalance &lt; 0) { cout &lt;&lt; "Please enter your account balance. No Commas." &lt;&lt; endl; cin &gt;&gt; InitialBalance; if(InitialBalance &lt; 0) cout &lt;&lt; "Error account balance must be positive." &lt;&lt; endl; } } float Account::CreditAccount(float&amp; balance1, float InitialBalance) { float CreditInput = -1; while(CreditInput&lt;0){ cout &lt;&lt; "Would you like to credit the account? Enter the amount you would like to credit." &lt;&lt; endl; cin &gt;&gt; CreditInput; if (CreditInput&lt;0) cout &lt;&lt; "Credit must be positive." &lt;&lt; endl; } balance1 = (CreditInput + InitialBalance); return balance1; } float Account::DebitAccount(float&amp; balance2, float InitialBalance) { float DebitInput = 0; while((InitialBalance - DebitInput)&lt;0){ cout &lt;&lt; "Would you like to debit the account? Enter the amount you would like to debit." &lt;&lt; endl; cin &gt;&gt; DebitInput; if((InitialBalance-DebitInput)&lt;0) cout &lt;&lt; "You cannot debit more than you have avalaible." &lt;&lt; endl; } balance2 = (InitialBalance - DebitInput); if( DebitInput &gt; InitialBalance) { cout &lt;&lt; "Debit amount exceeds account balance." &lt;&lt; endl; return 0; } else return balance2; } float Account::DisplayBalance(string CustomerName, float balance1, float balance2) { cout &lt;&lt; "Customer Name: " &lt;&lt; CustomerName &lt;&lt; endl; cout &lt;&lt; "Account Balance for credited account: " &lt;&lt; balance1 &lt;&lt; endl; cout &lt;&lt; "Account Balance for debited account: " &lt;&lt; balance2 &lt;&lt; endl; return 0; } </code></pre>
 

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