C++ I have an array of my class and i want to accsess elements of it

Question

Im new to programming sorry if the terms im using are wrong.

I have to create a console app where the use can add, modify, print and delete food items.

I made a class for my food

class food{
private:
bool isBasic;
nmfvg MeatOrOther;
string name;
public:
food::food(){
        isBasic=true;
        MeatOrOther = NONE;
        name = "";
}

food::food(string _name,bool _isBasic, nmfvg _MeatOrOther){
isBasic=_isBasic;
MeatOrOther=_MeatOrOther;
name = _name;
}};

and im putting the food the user is making into an array of type food.

food foods[100];
food temp("food1",true,VEG); 
foods[0]=temp;

1-Is this the right way for me to store foods? 2-If it is how do i go about printing the name of foods[0]?

Answer 1

It's ok, but probably vector will be better. You can print name , by adding accessor to name

class food {
//
public:
   string get_name() const { return name; }
};

std::cout << foods[0].get_name() << std::endl;

or by use some function/ operator << for output, or by making name public member and then simply use

std::cout << foods[0].name << std::endl;

Answer 2

As a better practice, you can keep the food objects in a std::vector instead of array like:

std::vector<food> foods;
foods.push_back(temp("food1",true,VEG));

To print name member, you may need a get method as public:

std::string food::GetName()
{
   return name;
} 

Then you can print the name by:

std::cout<<foods[0].GetName();