Can i do this?

[Ch1156]

Ok so i am working on pointers and its going well but referencing stuff in the constructors can get hectic, especially when i have 7 different things that need to be referewnced. Im looking for a way to reference all this stuff without using classes, making them global or traditional referencing. What i was thinking of is this:

Ok so lets say i have 5 variables: int a, int b, int c, string d, string e.

Now instead if putting them all in my constructors of the functions i want to use i was thinking of something like this:

void function(int *hold)

int main()
{
   int a = 12;
   int b = 13;
   int c = 56;
   int d = 67;
   int e = 1;

   int hold;

   hold = function(int &a, int &b, int &c, int &d, int &e);
}

void function(int *hold)
{
  cout << *hold << endl;
}

So basically i want to be able to reference my variables withou having to type in all of them in my function constructors, can something like this even work?

[MrHutch]

No. You have to pass in the parameters the function expects. In this case, a pointer to an integer.

Moreover, there are a couple of other errors there. Namely that you wouldn't include data types when calling a function and that you're trying to assign a void function's return value (or lack thereof) to a variable.

Out of curiosity, why wouldn't you just use a class, struct or array?

[Aceix]

First of all, constructors are only for classes.

and if you want to pass a variable by reference to a function, something like this example will work:

int add(int&,int&);//function prototype

int main()
{
     int x,y;

     add(x,y);
     cout<<"Ans: "<<x+y;
     cin.ignore();
     cin.get();
}

int add(int& a,int& b)
{
     cout<<"Enter a number: ";
     cin>>x;
     cout<<"Enter another one to add to the first number: ";
     cin>>y;
}

When you pass a variable by reference, you are actually editting the real variable. For more info, read: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/functions2/

[Ch1156]

Is this better

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

void start(int *S, string *N);

struct str
{
    int Generic;
    string name;
};

int main()
{
    str s, n;
    s.Generic = 0;
    n.name;

    cout << "Enter your name" << endl;
    getline(cin, n.name);

    start(&s.Generic, &n.name);
}

void start(int *S, string *N)
{
    string choice;

    cout << "Ok " << *N << " type something in, the longer it is the more\npoints you get." << endl;

    do
    {
        getline(cin, choice);

        cout << "\n";

        cin.sync();
        *S += choice.length();

        cout << *S << endl;
    }while(choice != "quit");
}

[Dash]

What's the use of this : n.name; ?

[Ch1156]

for the player to enter their name getline(cin, n.name);