CS 127: Data Structures, Fall 2000

Project 4: Shape Inheritance

Overview

This project will give you a chance to practice creating classes using inheritance. Check out this program: project4.cpp . This program asks a user to select a shape of interest, namely a circle, rectangle or square. It gets the dimensions from the user, then computes the area and perimeter and displays it to the screen. The code for the individual classes can be found at the links below:

Circle.h , Circle.cpp
Rectangle.h , Rectangle.cpp
Square.h , Square.cpp

This program could be made much cleaner with inheritance! Create a single class called Shape, and derive the Circle, Rectangle, and Square classes from it using inheritance. Then project4.cpp so that it doesn't duplicate so much code. You should submit the files Shape.h, Shape.cpp, and project4.cpp. The Shape.h and Shape.cpp files should contain the code for the class Shape as well as for the derived classes Circle, Rectangle, and Square.

Good luck!