// Chapter 6 - Programming exercise 1 #include #include class box { int length; int width; char line_of_text[25]; public: box(char *input_line); //Constructor void set(int new_length, int new_width); int get_area(void); void change(char *new_text); }; box::box(char *input_line) //Constructor implementation { length = 8; width = 8; strcpy(line_of_text, input_line); } // This method will set a box size to the two input parameters void box::set(int new_length, int new_width) { length = new_length; width = new_width; } // This method will calculate and return the area of a box instance int box::get_area(void) { cout << line_of_text << "= "; return (length * width); } void box::change(char *new_text) { strcpy(line_of_text, new_text); } main() { box *small, *medium, *large; small = new box("small box "); medium = new box("medium box "); large = new box("large box "); small->set(5, 7); large->set(15, 20); cout << "The area of the " << small->get_area() << "\n"; cout << "The area of the " << medium->get_area() << "\n"; cout << "The area of the " << large->get_area() << "\n"; small->change("first box "); medium->change("second box "); large->change("third box "); cout << "The area of the " << small->get_area() << "\n"; cout << "The area of the " << medium->get_area() << "\n"; cout << "The area of the " << large->get_area() << "\n"; } // Result of execution // // The area of the small box = 35 // The area is the medium box = 64 // The area is the large box = 300 // The area of the first box = 35 // The area is the second box = 64 // The area is the third box = 300