CIS 1033 - Fundamentals of Programming

Write a class called Rectangle that represents a rectangle as a pair of float values - the rectangle length and width. The data members of the class should be private members. Your class should include the following public functions:

• a default constructor that sets the rectangle length and width to 0.0
• a "set" function that allows the client to set the rectangle length and width. If the length or width is invalid (not larger than 0), it should set both length and width to 0
• a function that returns the area of the rectangle (length times width)
• a function that displays on the monitor the rectangle length and width in the format "length x width" (for example, "1.5 x 2.7").

Write a small client program to test your class. It should create one or more Rectangle objects, set their data members to various values, and print the rectangle dimensions and area on the monitor. All floating point values should be printed with one place to the right of the decimal point.

Sample Output
Your output might look like the example below. User input is shown in bold.
 

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