Attempting to change the value of an object in a function, fail when the object is passed by value
#include <cstdio> #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> using namespace std; class Employee/*from w w w. ja v a 2 s . c om*/ { public: int workHour; double salary; }; void myFunction(Employee copyS) { copyS.workHour = 10; copyS.salary = 3.0; cout << "The value of copyS.salary = " <<copyS.salary<<endl; } int main(int argc, char* pArgs[]) { Employee s; s.salary = 0.0; cout << "The value of s.salary = " << s.salary << endl; cout << "Calling myFunction(Employee)" << endl; myFunction(s); cout << "Returned from myFunction(Employee)" << endl; cout << "The value of s.salary = " << s.salary << endl; return 0; }