CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++
newToCpp
newToCpp

Reputation: 43

string stream issue, i think my code looks good, but it displays weird symbols

I am new to c++ and am following a online tutorial, i have copied this guys code multiple times and cannot figure out what is wrong. it just outputs garbled text.

I am using code::blocks

This is what it outputs (the link below)

https://gyazo.com/9c2786ef20fb3878354a72904d126f7e

My Actual Code

main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "Person.h"

using namespace std;

 int main()
   {
Person person;

cout << person.toString() << endl;


return 0;
}

Person.cpp

#include "Person.h"
#include <sstream>

Person::Person()
{
age = 0;
name = "jeff";

}

string Person::toString(){
stringstream ss;

ss << "Name: ";
ss << name;
ss << "; age: ";
ss << age;


}

Person.h

#ifndef PERSON_H
#define PERSON_H

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;


class Person{
private:
string name;
int age;

public:
Person();

string toString();

};

#endif // PERSON_H

Upvotes: 2

Views: 63

Answers (1)

Tim Biegeleisen
Tim Biegeleisen

Reputation: 520878

You had two problems with your code. You were never returning a value and also you should using stringstream.str():

int main()
{
    Person person;

    cout << person.toString() << endl;

    return 0;
}

string Person::toString() {
    stringstream ss;

    ss << "Name: ";
    ss << name;
    ss << "; age: ";
    ss << age;

    return ss.str();
}

Upvotes: 4

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