CSCE $2004$: Programming Foundations $1$

Homework $7$

Due: $5/02/24$

Problem Statement

So$,$ you$$ve mastered dice rolling, now it$$s time to start playing! The purpose of this assignment is

to create a basic Character class for Dungeons & Dragons. The Character class will store various

information about a character, including their name, character class, hit points, and more! Once

the Character class is working, you will implement a character creator in your main$()$ function

that will let the user create multiple characters and save each character into its own $.$txt file.

Required Methods

You have been supplied with the Character.h file. Here are the descriptions of the functions that

should be implemented in Character.cpp$.$ There are comments in your starter code that also

help explain more, including which parameters are pass$-$by$-$reference or pass$-$by$-$value.

$1.$ Default Constructor

a$.$ Parameters: none

This function initializes all the instance variables for the Character object to their

$$starter$$ values. This includes generating random stats for the character. Because we

do not know the class yet, we cannot generate hit points yet.

$2.$ Parameterized Constructor

a$.$ Parameters: two strings $($the name and class$),$ an integer $($the level$),$ and a

boolean

This function initializes all the instance variables to the respective parameter. It then

generates random stats and then the character$$s hit points.

$3.$ Copy Constructor

a$.$ Parameters: another Character object

This function creates a copy of the Character object that is passed in$.$

$4.$ Destructor $($provided$!)$

a$.$ Parameters: none

This function reallocates memory upon the end of the program.

$5.$ Getters

a$.$ Parameters: none, except for getStat$()$ which will take the index of the stat

b$.$ Returns: the appropriate type of the instance variable being retrieved

$6.$ Setters

a$.$ Parameters: the appropriate type of the instance variable being set

b$.$ Returns: none

$7.$ print $($provided$!)$

a$.$ Parameters: none

b$.$ Returns: none

This function prints out all the information about a Character.

$8.$ saveCharacterSheet

a$.$ Parameters: none

b$.$ Returns: true if a sheet was successfully made, false otherwise

This function will create a $.$txt file that stores all of the information about a Character.

The file should be the character$$s name with the $.$txt extension.

$9.$ generateSpellList

a$.$ Parameters: an array of all possible spells and the size of said array

b$.$ Returns: none

This function will randomly assign $10$ spells from the array of all possible spells to the

character$$s spells. There should be no repeat spells on the character$$s list.

$10.$ generateRandomStats

a$.$ Parameters: none

b$.$ Returns: none

This function will randomly generate and save a number for each of the character$$s

stats between $8$ and $20.$

$11.$ generateHitPoints $($provided$!)$

a$.$ Parameters: none

b$.$ Returns: none

This function will generate the character$$s hit points based off their class, level, and

constitution score.

$12.$ reset

a$.$ Parameters: none

b$.$ Returns: none

This function reset all the instance variables for the Character object to their $$starter$$

values. This includes generating new, random stats and new hit points for the

character.

$13.$ readInSpells $($to be implemented in hw$7.$cpp$)$

a$.$ Parameters: the name of the file containing the complete list of spells and an

array to store those spells in

b$.$ Returns: true if the spells are successfully stored, false otherwise

This function will read each line from a file containing the complete list of spells and

store each spell in the array.