need help with class

[ambr]

i need to write a programby using a class AdressBookType which can perform following actions
load the data into the address book from a file
search the person by last name
print the address phone numbers and date of births
print the names of people whose birthdays are in a given month
help me as much as you can

[manontheedge]

you have to think about it first. What do you need?

a function to read from a file, so find out how to read a file...after that, you can figure out how to store the information into arrays,

you'll need a search algorithm, there's plenty out there...look around the internet for some code examples

the printing name with a given month...that could be as simple as a bunch of 'if' statements

the printing will be easy, once you can store the information into arrays

i'm not trying to be a dick and not help, i'm just trying to point out, it won't get any easier, you have to learn this stuff. If you don't know where to start, break it down and look at it in pieces. It's not hard, it's just frustrating because you have to keep learning constantly. If you get stuck writing the code, then post the code and you'll get help, as long as you try.

[Ganon11]

i need to write a programby using a class AdressBookType which can perform following actions
load the data into the address book from a file
search the person by last name
print the address phone numbers and date of births
print the names of people whose birthdays are in a given month
help me as much as you can

manontheedge had it right - the first step to solving any problem is breaking it down into smaller steps. You know you need a class addressBookType - but what will it have?

A function to load data - getInfo()
A way to sort through the people inside
Several printing functions.

It might help if you also had another class/struct, called personType. personType can have an address (string), last name and first name (both strings), age (int), birth month (int), birth date (int), birth year (int), and telephone number (either string ("410-555-1234") or int (4105551234)). Then your addressBookType class can have an array of x number of personType variables - the people in the book. This would, of course, be a private member.

If you need more help further along, go ahead and ask - as manontheedge stated, we're willing to try and help if you're willing to try and help yourself.