Help this program

obj:- Funtion returning object and passing object as function
i create but some erorr

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
class Distance{
int feets,inches;
public:
Distance()
{
feets=0;
inches=0;
}
Distance(int i)
{
feets=inches=i;
}
Distance(int f,int i)
{
feets=f;
inches=i;
}
Distance addDistance(Distance d1,Distance d2)
{
Distance d3;
d3.feets=d1.feets+d2.feets;
d3.inches=d1.inches+d2.inches;
return d3;
}
void show()
{
cout<<"\nFeets= "<<feets;
cout<<"\nInches= "<<inches;
}
};
void main()
{
Distance d2(10,20),d3;
int f,i;
clrscr();
cout<<"Enter Distance 1 feets: ";
cin>>f;
cout<<"Enter Distance 2 inches: ";
cin>>i;
Distance d1(f,i);
d3=addDistance(d1,d2);
d1.show();
d2.show();
d3.show();
getch();
}

d3=addDistance(d1,d2);
this line contains the error , u see, as addDistance() is a member function of class Distance hence it can be accessed only by variable/object (like d3) of that class using dot(.) operator and not indipendently. so the correct statement is
d3=d3.addDistance(d1,d2);

OK thanks friends

There is some semantically very suspect code in this:


Will instantiate a Distance object representing 2 feet and two inches. Is that really what you intended!?


Will create a Distance object for 2 feet 13 inches, not 3 feet 1 inch.


Will create a Distance object for 1 feet 14 inches; it would make sense to normalise it to 2 feet 2 inches.

The whole thing can be simplified if you store all distances internally in inches (although this is the 21st Century millimetres might be better). So for example:



The member function addDistance() can be declared static to overcome your original problem. It is more normal to have a non-static member that just takes a single operand and adds it to the object for which it was called:



And this is an obvious opportunity to operator overloading:

Also "Feet" is the plural of "Foot", "Feets" is just not English.