Calling function in C++

I do not understand how the Function in C++ can be called.

Is it right to call the function as under:

Void ReadName()
{
char *name;
cout<<"Enter your name: ";
cin>>name;
cout << "\nYour name is "<<name;

void main()

{
ReadName();
return 0;
}

 

you haven't allocated any space to store "name". right now, *name is a pointer that points to nothing.

Code:

void ReadName() {

   char *name = new char[20];
   ....
}

one other thing, cin >> name will break on white space, so if you intend to ask for a string including spaces, then use cin.getline(name, space allocated to name);

HTH

 

You can easily call any function without using pointer. You should define function as "int function_name(int a, int b)" and then put data types and variable in this function. After this, you can call this function in main() as “variable_name = funation_name(value1, value2)â€.

 

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