Constructing derived class from inherited variables

Question

Perhaps the title is a bit confusing so I\'ll try my very best to make sure it\'s as clear as possible.

Basically, I\'m trying to create a game where there is a abstract

Answer 1

You can create a constructor in base class that takes str and armor as parameters and then pass them to the base constructor in the constructor of the derived class.

class Creature
{
  public:
    Creature(int a, int s) : armor(a), strength(s) {};

protected:
    int armor;
    int strength;
};

class Human: public Creature
{
   public:
      Human(int a, int s) : Creature(a, s) {}
};

Note: you can make Creature constructor protected if you want only the derived classes to construct a Creature.

If you want to access armor and str values you will have to add getter functions, since armor and strength are protected member variables.

class Creature
{
  public:
    Creature(int a, int s) : m_armor(a), m_strength(s) {};

    int armor() const     { return m_armor; }
    int strength() const  { return m_strength; }

protected:
    int m_armor;
    int m_strength;
};

Now you can have your main() function:

int main() 
{ 
  Human Male(30, 50);
  cout << Male.armor();
  cout << Male.strength();
  return 0;
}