Getting segmentation fault after destructor

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Published on 2010-03-28T08:07:04Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 8:23 UTC
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I'm making a small file reading and data validation program as part of my TAFE (a tertiary college) course, This includes checking and validating dates.

I decided that it would be best done with a seperate class, rather than integrating it into my main driver class.

The problem is that I'm getting a segmentation fault(core dumped) after my test program runs. Near as I can tell, the error occurs when the program terminates, popping up after the destructor is called. So far I have had no luck finding the cause of this fault, and was hoping that some enlightened soul might show me the error of my ways.

date.h

#ifndef DATE_H
#define DATE_H

#include <string>
using std::string;

#include <sstream>
using std::stringstream;

#include <cstdlib>
using std::exit;

#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

class date {

    public:
        explicit date();
        ~date();
        bool before(string dateIn1, string dateIn2);
        int yearsBetween(string dateIn1, string dateIn2);
        bool isValid(string dateIn);
        bool getDate(int date[], string dateIn);
        bool isLeapYear(int year);
    private:
        int days[];

};
#endif

date.cpp

#include "date.h"

date::date() {

    days[0] = 31;
    days[1] = 28;
    days[2] = 31;
    days[3] = 30;
    days[4] = 31;
    days[5] = 30;
    days[6] = 31;
    days[7] = 31;
    days[8] = 30;
    days[9] = 31;
    days[10] = 30;
    days[11] = 31;

}

bool date::before(string dateIn1, string dateIn2) {

    int date1[3];
    int date2[3];

    getDate(date1, dateIn1);
    getDate(date2, dateIn2);

    if (date1[2] < date2[2]) {

        return true;

    } else if (date1[1] < date2[1]) {

        return true;

    } else if (date1[0] < date2[0]) {

        return true;

    }

    return false;

}

date::~date() {

    cout << "this is for testing only, plox delete\n";

}

int date::yearsBetween(string dateIn1, string dateIn2) {

    int date1[3];
    int date2[3];

    getDate(date1, dateIn1);
    getDate(date2, dateIn2);

    int years = date2[2] - date1[2];

    if (date1[1] > date2[1]) {

        years--;

    } 

    if ((date1[1] == date2[1]) && (date1[0] > date2[1])) {

        years--;

    }

    return years;

}

bool date::isValid(string dateIn) {

    int date[3];

    if (getDate(date, dateIn)) {

        if (date[1] <= 12) {

            int extraDay = 0;

            if (isLeapYear(date[2])) {

                extraDay++;

            }

            if ((date[0] + extraDay) <= days[date[1] - 1]) {

                return true;

            }

        }

    } else {

        return false;

    }

}

bool date::getDate(int date[], string dateIn) {

    string part1, part2, part3;

    size_t whereIs, lastFound;

    whereIs = dateIn.find("/");

    part1 = dateIn.substr(0, whereIs);

    lastFound = whereIs + 1;

    whereIs = dateIn.find("/", lastFound);

    part2 = dateIn.substr(lastFound, whereIs - lastFound);

    lastFound = whereIs + 1;

    part3 = dateIn.substr(lastFound, 4);

    stringstream p1(part1);
    stringstream p2(part2);
    stringstream p3(part3);

    if (p1 >> date[0]) {

        if (p2>>date[1]) {

            return (p3>>date[2]);

        } else {

            return false;

        }

        return false;

    }

}

bool date::isLeapYear(int year) {

    return ((year % 4) == 0);

}

and Finally, the test program

#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

#include "date.h"

int main() {

    date d;

    cout << "1/1/1988 before 3/5/1990 [" << d.before("1/1/1988", "3/5/1990")
        << "]\n1/1/1988 before 1/1/1970 [" << d.before("a/a/1988", "1/1/1970")
        <<"]\n";

    cout << "years between 1/1/1988 and 1/1/1998 [" 
        << d.yearsBetween("1/1/1988", "1/1/1998") << "]\n";

    cout << "is 1/1/1988 valid [" << d.isValid("1/1/1988") << "]\n" 
        << "is 2/13/1988 valid [" << d.isValid("2/13/1988") << "]\n"
        << "is 32/12/1988 valid [" << d.isValid("32/12/1988") << "]\n";

    cout << "blerg\n";

}

I've left in some extraneous cout statements, which I've been using to try and locate the error.

I thank you in advance.

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