Class and object

phazed99 (21)
If I:
Person a{"p1", 'M'};
Person b{"p2", 'M'};
a.marryTo(&b);

how can I do "b.marryTo(&a);" inside the marryTo function?


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class Person
{
public:
Person::Person(string n, char g) :Name{ n }, Gender{ g }
{
	Father = NULL;
	Mother = NULL;
	Husband = NULL;
	Wife = NULL;
	firstChild = NULL;
	elderSibling = NULL;
	youngerSibling = NULL;

	numberChildren = 0;
}

void Person::marryTo(Person* p)
{
	if (Gender == 'M')
	{
		Wife = p;
	}
		
	if (Gender == 'F')
	{
		Husband = p;
	}	
}

private:
	std::string Name;
	char Gender;
	Person* Father; 
	Person* Mother;
	Person* Husband;
	Person* Wife;
	Person* firstChild;
	Person* elderSibling;
	Person* youngerSibling;

	int numberChildren;
};
}
Last edited on
kbw (9488)
Your data structure for a family tree isn't quite right. So starting from where you are is just gonna get more complicated.

The family tree itself is an object. I contains a network of linked persons. A person simply exists, but it's inserted into the family tree.

But you don't have a family tree object, you're trying to represent the free within Person, and now finding it's not such an easy thing to do. No one can do it, not just you.
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