This code is a simple exercise for class inheritance and virtual functions. The case class 'person' derives employee, dependent, worker, and manager. The code should display an entry screen, where a user can enter data for 10 people, which differs based on which type of person the user chooses to enter data for. Then, when the user has entered data to his satisfaction, pressing a key other than 1,2,3,4, or 5 will take them to a display menu, where they can choose which information they want to see.
The problem: The first for loop in main() works fine, and the data can be entered up to 10 times. However, the next loop (the display loop) displays the menu, and then immediately exits without reading the user's decision. I can't figure out why this is happening. IT even skips over my little test input at the end, it just exits the program?
Shouldn't it display the menu, then wait for user input, then continue or end the loop?
main.cpp
using namespace std;
#include "person.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
worker w;
employee e;
dependent d;
manager m;
person p;
int decision;
for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
{
cout << "To enter employee information, press 1." << endl;
cout << "To enter dependent information, press 2." << endl;
cout << "To enter manager information, press 3." << endl;
cout << "To enter worker information, press 4." << endl;
cout << "To edit information for a person who is none of the above, press 5." << endl;
cout << "To display entered information, press anything else." << endl;
cin >> decision;
if (decision==1) //employee
{
e.obtain();
}
else if (decision==2) //dependent
{
d.obtain();
}
else if (decision==3) //manager
{
m.obtain();
}
else if (decision==4) //worker
{
w.obtain();
}
else if (decision==5) //other person
{
p.obtain();
}
else
{
break;
}
};
for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
{
cout << "To display employee information, press 1." << endl;
cout << "To display dependent information, press 2." << endl;
cout << "To display manager information, press 3." << endl;
cout << "To display worker information, press 4." << endl;
cout << "To display information for a person who is none of the above, press 5." << endl;
cout << "To exit, press anything else" << endl;
cin >> decision;
if (decision==1) //employee
{
e.display();
}
else if (decision==2) //dependent
{
d.display();
}
else if (decision==3) //manager
{
m.display();
}
else if (decision==4) //worker
{
w.display();
}
else if (decision==5) //other person
{
p.display();
}
else
{
break;
}
}
int test;
cin >> test;
return 0;
}
person.h
#ifndef PERSON_H
#define PERSON_H
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
struct date //Structures defining date display and SSN display
{ //e.g. 3/12/14, XXX-XX-XXXX
int day;
int month;
int year;
};
struct SSN
{
int dig123;
int dig45;
int dig6789;
};
class person //Base class
{
public:
person();
virtual ~person();
virtual void obtain ();
virtual void display();
protected:
string name;
char gender;
date dob; //Date of Birth
SSN ssn;
string address;
int phone;
};
class employee: public person //Employee derived class
{
public:
employee();
~employee ();
void obtain();
void display();
private:
date doh; //Date of Hire
int salary;
string location;
int workphone;
};
class dependent: public person //Dependent derived class
{
public:
dependent();
~dependent();
void obtain();
void display();
private:
string address;
SSN ssn2; //SSN of employee of dependent
};
class manager: public person //Manager derived class
{
public:
manager();
~manager();
void obtain();
void display();
private:
string title;
};
class worker: public person
{
public:
worker();
~worker();
void obtain();
void display();
private:
string project;
};
#endif // PERSON_H
person.cpp
#include "person.h"
person::person()
{
}
person::~person()
{
}
void person::obtain ()
{
cout<<"Please enter information about the individual:" << endl;
cout<< "Name:" << endl;
getline (cin, name);
getline (cin, name);
cout<< "Gender (m or f): "<< endl;
cin>> gender;
cout<< "Date of Birth: Day? " << endl;
cin>> dob.day;
cout<< "Date of Birth: Month? " << endl;
cin>> dob.month;
cout<< "Date of Birth: Year? " << endl;
cin>> dob.year;
cout<< "Address: "<< endl;
getline (cin, address);
getline (cin, address);
cout<< "Phone number: " << endl;
cin>> phone;
cout<< "First three digits of SSN: " << endl;
cin>> ssn.dig123;
cout<< "Next 2 digits of SSN: " << endl;
cin>> ssn.dig45;
cout<< "Final 4 digits of SSN: " << endl;
cin>> ssn.dig6789;
}
void person::display()
{
cout<< "Name: " << name << endl;
if (gender=='m')
{
cout<<"Gender: "<<gender<< endl;
}
else if (gender=='f')
{
cout<<"Gender: "<< gender<<endl;
}
else
{
cout<<"You did not enter male(m) or female(f) as a gender."<<endl;
}
cout << "Date of Birth: " << dob.month << "/" << dob.day <<"/" << dob.year << endl;
cout << "Address: " << address << endl;
cout << "Phone number: " << phone << endl;
cout << "SSN: " << ssn.dig123 << "-" << ssn.dig45 << "-" << ssn.dig6789 << endl;
}
employee::employee():person()
{
}
employee::~employee()
{
}
void employee::obtain()
{
person::obtain();
cout<< "Date of Hire: Day? " << endl;
cin>> doh.day;
cout<< "Date of Hire: Month? " << endl;
cin>> doh.month;
cout<< "Date of Hire: Year? " << endl;
cin>> doh.year;
cout<< "Salary: $" << endl;
cin >> salary;
cout<< "Location: "<< endl;
getline (cin, location);
getline (cin, location);
cout<< "Work phone number: " << endl;
cin>> workphone;
}
void employee::display()
{
person::display();
cout << "Date of Hire: " << doh.month << "/" << doh.day <<"/" << doh.year << endl;
cout << "Location: " << location << endl;
cout << "Work phone number: " << workphone << endl;
}
dependent::dependent(): person()
{
}
dependent::~dependent()
{
}
void dependent::obtain()
{
person::obtain();
cout << "SSN of employee of which this person is a dependent:" << endl;
cout<< "First three digits of SSN: " << endl;
cin>> ssn2.dig123;
cout<< "Next 2 digits of SSN: " << endl;
cin>> ssn2.dig45;
cout<< "Final 4 digits of SSN: " << endl;
cin>> ssn2.dig6789;
cout << "Address (if different from employee's address): " << endl;
cout<< "Address: "<< endl;
getline (cin, address);
getline (cin, address);
}
void dependent::display()
{
person::display();
cout<< "Address: " << address << endl;
cout << "SSN of employee: " << ssn2.dig123 << "-" << ssn2.dig45 << "-" << ssn2.dig6789 << endl;
}
worker::worker():person()
{
}
worker::~worker()
{
}
void worker::obtain()
{
person::obtain();
cout << "Project: " << endl;
getline (cin, project);
}
void worker::display()
{
person::display();
cout << "Project: " << project << endl;
}
manager::manager():person()
{
}
manager::~manager()
{
}
void manager::obtain()
{
person::obtain();
cout << "Title: " << endl;
getline (cin, title);
getline (cin, title);
}
void manager::display()
{
person::display();
cout << "Title: " << title << endl;
}
I would be very grateful is someone could give me some help about why this is happening.
