Some help on my dating program.

[BinaryGeek]

I get 2 errors when I try to compile my program, the errors happen in my implementation file: error C4716: 'DatingInfo::setMaleSex' : must return a value. And error C4716: 'DatingInfo::setFemaleSex' : must return a value

I've tried different things to return a value but I just can't get it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Header file.

#ifndef DATINGINFO_H
#define DATINGINFO_H
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class DatingInfo
{
	private:
	   char sexM;
	   char sexF;
	   string name[20];
	   string phoneNum[8];
	   string interests[10];
	   string match[20];

	public:
	   DatingInfo();
	   void appendNode(string);
	   void insertNode(string);
	   void deleteNode(string);

	   char setMaleSex(char M);
	   char setFemaleSex(char F);
	   void setName(string N);
	   void setPhoneNum(string Pnum);
	   void setInterests(string Intrs);
	   void setMatch(string Mat);
	   void printHeading() const;

	   char getMaleSex() const;
	   char getFemaleSex() const;
	   string getName() const;
	   string getPhoneNum() const;
	   string getInterests() const;
	   string getMatch() const;
};
#endif 

Implementation file.

#include "DatingInfo.h"

char DatingInfo::setMaleSex(char M)
{
	sexM = M;
}

char DatingInfo::setFemaleSex(char F)
{
	sexF = F;
}

void DatingInfo::setName(string N)
{
	name[20] = N;
}

void DatingInfo::setPhoneNum(string Pnum)
{
	phoneNum[8] = Pnum;
}

void DatingInfo::setInterests(string Intrs)
{
	for (int i = 10; i < 10; i++)
	{
		interests[i] = Intrs;
	}
}

void DatingInfo::setMatch(string Mat)
{
	match[20] = Mat;
}

void DatingInfo::printHeading() const
{
    cout << "****************************************************" << endl;
    cout << "*                                                  *" << endl;
    cout << "*        Syracuse Online Dating Service		*" << endl;
    cout << "*                                                  *" << endl;
    cout << "****************************************************" << "\n\n\n";
	
	cout << "*** Initial Client Data ***" << "\n\n";

	cout << " Sex            Phone		      Name "		 << endl;
        cout << " ---      -------------------      ------------------ " << endl;
}

char DatingInfo::getMaleSex() const
{
	return sexM;
}

char DatingInfo::getFemaleSex() const
{
	return sexF;
}

string DatingInfo::getName() const
{
	return name[20];
}

string DatingInfo::getPhoneNum() const
{
	return phoneNum[8];
}

string DatingInfo::getInterests() const
{
	return interests[20];
}

string DatingInfo::getMatch() const
{
	return match[20];
}

[booradley60]

You said in your implementation:

char DatingInfo::setMaleSex(char M)
{
	sexM = M;
}

char DatingInfo::setFemaleSex(char F)
{
	sexF = F;
}

This won't work. You told the compiler you were going to return a char, but you didn't return anything. That is what it is complaining about. However, a setX method generally doesn't return anything. Maybe you should change the return type to void, and make sure you do the same thing to those declarations in the header file.

[BinaryGeek]

I'll try that.

[BinaryGeek]

Hm..now I get LNK2019 error. :/

Update: Default constructor was the cause. All good now, thanks Booradley60, appreciate the help.

[booradley60]

Did you change the signatures in your header file as well? Did you rebuild everything? How are you calling setMaleSex and setFemaleSex in other code?

EDIT: np :)

[BinaryGeek]

I did. I haven't really gotten/started far in my main file yet, all I have is this for the time being:

int main(void)
{
    DatingInfo info;  // Create info object
    char choice;
}

I'll be using the info data object to be setting and calling the functions.