Inheritance Help - first time

[IanDesJardins]

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class Child{
public:
	string setName(string name){name = name;}
	string getName(){return name;}
private:
	string name;
};

class Parent : Child{
public:
	string setPName(string parent){pName = parent;}
	string getParent(){return pName;}
	Child kid;
private:
	string pName;
};


int main(){
	Parent dad;
	dad.kid.setName("Sandy");
	dad.setPName("David");
	cout << "The dads childs name is " << dad.kid.getName();
	cout << "The dads name is " << dad.getParent();
	return 0;
}

I am getting a Segmentation 11 Fault in my console when I run, However it is building just fine. Any reason for this? I'd like some help pointing it out so I don't make the same simple mistake! Thanks guys. Just messing around with inheritance for nearly the first time

[Framework]

Your logic seems to be a little messed up. "::Parent" is deriving from "::Child" which implies that the parent is-a child. Kinda' weird, no?

class Human
{
  public:
    Human( std::string const &InitialName = "John Doe" )
      : Name( InitialName )
    { }

  private:
    std::string Name;

  public:
    std::string const &QueryName( ) const
    {
      return( Name );
    }
};

class Child : public Human // Child is-a human
{
  public:
    Child( std::string const &InitialName = "John Doe" )
      : Human( InitialName )
    { }

  private:
    using Human::Name;

  public:
    using Human::QueryName;
};

class Parent : public Human // Parent is-a human
{
  public:
    Parent( std::string const &InitialName = "John Doe" )
      : Human( InitialName )
    { }

  private:
    using Human::Name;

  public:
    using Human::QueryName;
};

See the logic?

Also, The "using" statements don't have to be there, but I put them there to emphasise the inheritance. I recommend reading this: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/inheritance/

_Wazzak

[Branflakes91093]

setName and setPName are supposed to return a string, yet they do not return anything.

name = name on line 8 is extremely ambiguous. Change the function parameter's name to something different.

Also, there really isn't anything that takes advantage of inheritance in your code.