c++ - Why can this code not return the bpEffect variable with the value 505.5?

Question

The expected result from the following code should be 505.5, but instead it returns 3.97541e+70. Why is this the case and how can the problem be solved ?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class Position {
public:
    Position(int s, double p, string n) {
        shares = s;
        price = p;
        name = n;
    }
    double getBpEffect() {
        return bpEffect;
    }
private:
    string name;
    int shares;
    double price;
    double bpEffect = (shares*price) / 2;

};


int main() {
    Position xyz = Position(100, 10.11, "xyz");
    double buyingPower = xyz.getBpEffect();


    cout << buyingPower;

    system("pause");
    return 0;

}

Answer 1

double bpEffect = (shares*price) / 2; is run before the body of your constructor using the undefined values in shares and price. You need to calculate bpEffect after you have initialized the other variables.