C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  please help!! assignment operator          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Brett Irving Guest Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:12 am    Post subject: please help!! assignment operator Hi could someone please help me on this cause I keep having problems with it I want to be able to assign one object to another but everytime I do so it keeps segfaulting on me, Ive tried about 10 different ways of trying to get this right and it just wont work here is my code I have globals char* name and int bikeReg cyclist& cyclist::operator=(const cyclist& cyc) { if( this != &cyc ) { delete[] name; name = new char[strlen(cyc.name)+1]; // get new space strcpy(name, cyc.name); // copy new name bikeReg = cyc.bikeReg; } return *this; } Thanks a lot Back to top David White Guest Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 10:30 am    Post subject: Re: please help!! assignment operator "Brett Irving" <balgorg (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Hi could someone please help me on this cause I keep having problems with it I want to be able to assign one object to another but everytime I do so it keeps segfaulting on me, Ive tried about 10 different ways of trying to get this right and it just wont work here is my code I have globals char* name and int bikeReg Members, I suggest, not globals. Quote: cyclist& cyclist::operator=(const cyclist& cyc) { if( this != &cyc ) { delete[] name; I can see nothing wrong here. Is it possible that you have not initialized 'name' in your constructor? If you haven't, then deleting it is likely to crash the program. Quote: name = new char[strlen(cyc.name)+1]; // get new space strcpy(name, cyc.name); // copy new name bikeReg = cyc.bikeReg; } return *this; } David Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C/C++----------------C LanguageC Language (Moderated)C++ Language (Moderated)C++ language (comp.lang.c++)C++ language, library and standards Non-English C/C++ Newsgroups----------------C++ (German)C++ (French)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.