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Creating the Account class

The Account class consists of an integer value, the current balance, a function to add an amount to the account (to credit) and a function to remove some amount (to debit). Also, there should be a read and a write function to read and write the current balance.

  1. Write the C++ header file Account.h for the Account class.

  2. Implement the member functions in Account.C and use them in the main program (main.C).

  3. Write a constructor that will initialize the account to a certain value. Use the constructor when creating instances of an account.

  4. Write operators += (credit) and -= (debit). These operators should return the amount credited/debited. The goal is to be able to write something like: 
           a += 10;           (credit a with 10)
       a += b += 10;      (credit a and b with 10)
       a += b -= 10;      (credit a with 10, debit b with 10 or simply
                          transfer 10 from b to a)
  5. Write a copy constructor for the Account class. Put a "printf" call inside and check out when the copy constructor is called. Try to trigger it in all of the four situations covered in the lecture.