C++ coding for BMI Calculator

Question

can anyone fix this?...im having some error in this c++ code.

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

using namespace std;

class Person{

public:

string name;

int age;

float weight;

float height;

float bmi()

{

bmi = (weight/(height*height))*10000;

return bmi;

}

string status()

{

if(bmi<18.5){

status ="Underweight";

}

else if(bmi>25.99 && bmi<30.01){

status ="Overweight";

}

else if(bmi>30.99 && bmi<40.01){

status ="Obese";

}

else{

status ="Normal Weight";

}

return status;

}

};

int main(){

Person person;

cout << "Name = ";

cin >> person.name;

cout << "Age = " ;

cin >> person.age;

cout << "Weight = ";

cin >> person.weight;

cout << "Height = ";

cin >> person.height;

cout << "Bmi = " << person.bmi();

cout << "Status = " << person.status();

return 0;

}

Answer 1

There are a number of issues in the code and missing logic.

e.g. you declare class Person, but never initialize it nor set the age and weight.

In the status function, you are not computing BMI before checking its range.