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i've created a couple objects:

Code:

 Button recBtn = Button(7);
  Button playBtn = Button(8);

What would need to be done to create a global variable shared by both objects? Make them subclasses rather than classes? Can anyone point me to an example?

Gabe

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A good way to share variables between instances of a class in C++ is to make them static.  For example:

Code:

class Button {
public:
    // blah blah blah...

private:
    int  fred;
    static int barney;
};

int Button::barney = 17;

Button recBtn = Button(7);
Button playBtn = Button(8);

In this contrived example, recBtn and playBtn each have their own, independent copy of "fred", but they share a single copy of "barney".  Note that you must declare each static variable inside the class, and define them outside the class.  Hope this helps.

- Don