Help! C++ assignment. The output should be format 1: 12/25/2009 format 2: Decemb

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Help! C++ assignment. The output should be format 1: 12/25/2009

format 2: December 25, 2009

format 3: 20 December 2009

For some reason, it won't show the string month in my output.

Header File

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

class Date
{
   private:
       int day, month, year;
   public:
       void setMonth(int);
       void setDay(int);
       void setYear(int);
       int getDay();
       string getMonth(int);
       int getYear();
       void showFormat1();
       void showFormat2();
       void showFormat3();

};

DateClass.cpp

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#include <iostream>
#include "Date.h"

// setter
void Date::setMonth(int m){
   month=m;
}
void Date::setDay(int d){
   day = d;
}
void Date::setYear(int y){
   year = y;
}
// getter
int Date::getDay()
{
   return day;
}

string Date::getMonth(int m){
   string month;
   if (m=1)
       month = "January";
   else if(m=2)
       month = "February";
   else if (m=3)
       month = "March";
   else if (m=4)
       month = "April";
   else if (m=5)
       month = "May";
   else if(m=6)
       month = "June";
   else if (m=7)
       month = "July";
   else if (m=8)
       month = "August";
   else if (m=9)
       month = "September";
   else if(m=10)
       month = "October";
   else if (m=11)
       month = "November";
   else if (m=12)
       month = "December";
   else
       month = "Invalid input";

   return month;
}

int Date::getYear(){
   return year;
};

void Date::showFormat1(){
   cout << "The date format 1: " << month <<"/" << day <<"/" << year <<endl;
}

void Date::showFormat2(){
   string month;
   cout << "The date format 2: " << month <<" " << day <<", " << year << endl;
}

void Date::showFormat3(){
   string month;
   cout << "The date format 3: " << day <<" " << month <<" " << year << endl;
}

Main.cpp

*******************************************************************

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "Date.h"

using namespace std;

int main()
{
   Date dateInput;
   int day1,month1,year1;
   cout << "Enter the day of the date: " <<endl;
   cin>> day1;

   cout << "Enter the month of the month: " <<endl;
   cin>> month1;

   cout << "Enter the year of the year: " <<endl;
   cin>> year1;

   dateInput.setDay(day1);
   dateInput.setMonth(month1);
   dateInput.setYear(year1);
   dateInput.showFormat1();
   dateInput.showFormat2();
   dateInput.showFormat3();

   system("pause");
   return 0;
}

Explanation / Answer

just remove statement
string month;

form string Date::getMonth(int m) method. Due to this the local variable is getting set to the string month and not the class variable.

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