Operator = Overload with Const Variable in C++

Question

I was wondering if you guys could help me.

Here are my .h:

Class Doctor {
   const string name;
   public:
       Doctor();
       Doctor(string nam         


        

Answer 1

Since your name is const, the only way to "change" it is through the constructor. If you want to use the = operator, you need to "unconst" the string.

.. if you don't want to "unconst" the string, you could get somewhat equal behaviour by creating a copy-constructor:

Doctor(const &Doctor d);

.. and implement it:

Doctor::Doctor(const &Doctor d)
   : name(d.name)
{
//Im pretty sure you have access to private attributes here
// My C+ is a bit rusty :) If not, make a const string getName() method
}