Used code snipped donated by szaszmango - which uses vectors to create

the CPU objects

include/setcpu.h

@@ -3,27 +3,27 @@
 /*  this function's Incoming arguments are a pointer to the CPU class
     "CPU *pCPU" and the new mainclock speed
 */
-void setCPUmainclock(CPU *pCPU, string mkey, string mmainclock) {
+void setCPUmainclock(CPU *pCPU, std::string mkey, std::string mmainclock) {
 pCPU->HardwareSpecs[mkey] = mmainclock; 
 }
 
-void setCPUboostclock(CPU *pCPU, string mkey, string mboostclock) {
+void setCPUboostclock(CPU *pCPU, std::string mkey, std::string mboostclock) {
 pCPU->HardwareSpecs[mkey] = mboostclock; 
 }
 
-void setCPUarch(CPU *pCPU, string mkey, std::string march) {
+void setCPUarch(CPU *pCPU, std::string mkey, std::string march) {
 pCPU->HardwareSpecs[mkey] = march;
 }
 
-void setCPUbits(CPU *pCPU, string mkey, int mbits) {
+void setCPUbits(CPU *pCPU, std::string mkey, int mbits) {
   pCPU->HardwareSpecs[mkey] = mbits;
 }
 
-void setCPUcores(CPU *pCPU, string mkey, int mcores) {
+void setCPUcores(CPU *pCPU, std::string mkey, int mcores) {
 pCPU->HardwareSpecs[mkey] = mcores;
 }
 
-void setCPUthreads(CPU *pCPU, string mkey, int mthreads) {
+void setCPUthreads(CPU *pCPU, std::string mkey, int mthreads) {
 pCPU->HardwareSpecs[mkey] = mthreads;
   // create an IF catch to set threads cores * 2 as a fall back
 }

include/sethardware.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /*  this function's Incoming arguments are a pointer to the Hardware class
     "Hardware *pHardware" and the new mainclock speed
 */
-void setHardwaremanufacturer(Hardware *pHardware, string mmanufacturer) {
+void setHardwaremanufacturer(Hardware *pHardware, std::string mmanufacturer) {
 // cout << "Coming from the setHardwaremanufacturer function in setHardware" << endl;
 
 pHardware->manufacturer = mmanufacturer; 
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ void setHardwarereleasedyear(Hardware *pHardware, int mreleasedyear) {
 pHardware->releasedyear = mreleasedyear;
 }
 
-void setHardwaremodel(Hardware *pHardware, string mmodel) {
+void setHardwaremodel(Hardware *pHardware, std::string mmodel) {
   pHardware->model = mmodel;
 }
 
-void Hardwaredictadd(CPU *pHardware, string mkey, string mvalue) {
+void Hardwaredictadd(CPU *pHardware, std::string mkey, std::string mvalue) {
   
   // cout << "The incoming key/value is: " << mkey << "/" << mvalue << endl;
   // cout << "\nThe current manufacturer is: " << pHardware->HardwareSpecs[mkey] << endl;

lists/cpu.h

@@ -1,39 +1,28 @@
 #pragma once
-#include "hardware.h"
+#include <vector>
 #include <fstream>
 
-using namespace std;
-string line;
-string& line2 = line;
+/*
+*  THIS PORTION OF CODE WAS DONATED BY szaszmango from brodie's server!
+*/
 
-void genCPUclasses() {
-  fstream cpuList;
-  cpuList.open("lists/cpulist", ios::in);
+// This magic returns a vector which contain all the objects created using the CPU class
+std::vector<CPU> genCPUclasses() {
+  std::vector<CPU> resultCpuList;
+  std::ifstream cpuList{"lists/cpulist", std::ifstream::in};
   
   if(cpuList.is_open()) {
-    cout << "File opened\n";
+    std::cout << "File opened\n";
   }
-  else { cout << "Failed to open file!" << endl; }
+  else { std::cout << "Failed to open file!\n"; }
   
-  while (getline(cpuList, line)) {
-    // cout << line << endl;
-    line2 = line;
-    CPU *line = new CPU;
-    // BEGIN troubleshoot
-    line->HardwareSpecs["model"] = line2;
-    // cout << line->HardwareSpecs["model"] << endl;
-    cout << line2 << endl;
+  std::string line;
+  while (std::getline(cpuList, line)) {
+    CPU cpu;
+    cpu.HardwareSpecs["model"] = line;
+    resultCpuList.push_back(std::move(cpu));
+    std::cout << "Loaded CPU: " << line << std::endl;
   }
 
-  cpuList.close();
-};
-
-// CPU *A7800x3d = new CPU;
-// CPU *Ii75820k = new CPU;
-
-
-// std::string a7800x3d(std::string man){
-  // CPU A7800x3d;
-  // A7800x3d.manufacturer = "AMD";
-  // return man;
-// };
+  return resultCpuList;
+}

lists/cpu.h.help

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-std::vector<CPU> genCPUclasses() {
-  std::vector<CPU> resultCpuList;
-  std::ifstream cpuList{"lists/cpulist", std::ifstream::in};
-  
-  if(cpuList.is_open()) {
-    std::cout << "File opened\n";
-  }
-  else { std::cout << "Failed to open file!\n"; }
-  
-  while (std::getline(cpuList, line)) {
-    CPU cpu;
-    cpu.HardwareSpecs["model"] = line;
-    resultCpuList.push_back(std::move(cpu));
-    // cout << cpu.HardwareSpecs["model"] << '\n';
-    cout << line << endl;
-  }
-
-  return resultCpuList;
-}

lists/hardware.h

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 // #define class struct // Uncomment this line to switch all the classes to structs
 
-using namespace std; 
+// using namespace std; 
 
 class Hardware {
 
@@ -70,6 +70,6 @@ class CPU: public Hardware {
 
 class GPU: public Hardware {
   public:
-  map<std::string, GPU> GPUSpecs;
+  std::map<std::string, GPU> GPUSpecs;
      // GPUSpecs["Ram"] = GPU { "Ram", "12Gb" };
 };

main.cpp

@@ -7,13 +7,19 @@
 
 int main() {
 
-  using namespace std;
+  // using namespace std;
+ int counter= 0;
+ auto cpus =  genCPUclasses();
+  for (CPU& cpu: cpus) {
+    // cpus[counter].HardwareSpecs["model"] = "value";
+    std::cout << cpu.HardwareSpecs["model"] << " loaded at index: " << counter << std::endl;
+    counter++;
+  }
   
-  genCPUclasses();
   
    //Testing the new dictionaries
   // cout << "Lets try the setCPU function!\n";
-  // cout << "A7800x3d main clock speed is: " << line->HardwareSpecs["mainclock"] << endl;
+  // std::cout << "A7800x3d main clock speed is: " << A7800x3d->HardwareSpecs["mainclock"] << std::endl;
   // setHardwaremanufacturer(A7800x3d, "AMD");
   // setCPUcores(A7800x3d, "cores", 8);
   // setCPUthreads(A7800x3d, "threads", 16);