[Solved] Accessing a data member of a pointer [closed]

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It works just fine: http://ideone.com/3E5Uec

#include <iostream>
using std::cout; using std::endl;

class Cat
{
  public:
    int name;
    Cat() : name(0) { }
    int getName() { return name; }
};

int main()
{
    Cat* pointer = new Cat();
    pointer->name = 42;
    cout << "getName: " << pointer->getName() << endl;
    cout << "name: " << pointer->name << endl;
    delete pointer;
}

Note that I had to make some additions to the code that you provided, as it did not compile as you gave it:

  • I added missing #include directives
  • I added the definitions for Cat::Cat() and Cat::getName()
  • I added the missing ; after the class definition
  • I wrapped your code in main(), and output the result of pointer->name to verify that it worked

solved Accessing a data member of a pointer [closed]