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    1. A constructor is a member function that initializes objects of a class. It has the same name as the class and does not have a return type. Constructors are automatically called when an object is created. 2. There are different types of constructors including default, parameterized, and copy constructors. A default constructor takes no arguments, a parameterized constructor allows passing arguments to initialize an object, and a copy constructor initializes an object using another object of the same class. 3. A copy constructor performs a shallow copy by default, copying only member variables but not dynamically allocated memory. A user-defined copy constructor may be needed to perform a deep copy if an object has pointers or dynamically allocated resources.

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    1. A constructor is a member function that initializes objects of a class. It has the same name as the class and does not have a return type. Constructors are automatically called when an object is created. 2. There are different types of constructors including default, parameterized, and copy constructors. A default constructor takes no arguments, a parameterized constructor allows passing arguments to initialize an object, and a copy constructor initializes an object using another object of the same class. 3. A copy constructor performs a shallow copy by default, copying only member variables but not dynamically allocated memory. A user-defined copy constructor may be needed to perform a deep copy if an object has pointers or dynamically allocated resources.

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    1. A constructor is a member function that initializes objects of a class. It has the same name as the class and does not have a return type. Constructors are automatically called when an object is created. 2. There are different types of constructors including default, parameterized, and copy constructors. A default constructor takes no arguments, a parameterized constructor allows passing arguments to initialize an object, and a copy constructor initializes an object using another object of the same class. 3. A copy constructor performs a shallow copy by default, copying only member variables but not dynamically allocated memory. A user-defined copy constructor may be needed to perform a deep copy if an object has pointers or dynamically allocated resources.

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    1. A constructor is a member function that initializes objects of a class. It has the same name as the class and does not have a return type. Constructors are automatically called when an object is created. 2. There are different types of constructors including default, parameterized, and copy constructors. A default constructor takes no arguments, a parameterized constructor allows passing arguments to initialize an object, and a copy constructor initializes an object using another object of the same class. 3. A copy constructor performs a shallow copy by default, copying only member variables but not dynamically allocated memory. A user-defined copy constructor may be needed to perform a deep copy if an object has pointers or dynamically allocated resources.

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    CS1004- Object-Oriented

    Programming (OOP)
    Week 3
    Constructor

    A constructor is a member function of a class which initializes objects of a class.


    In C++, Constructor is automatically called when object(instance of class) create
    How constructors are different from a normal
    member function?
    Constructor has same name as the class itself.
    Constructors don’t have return type.
    A constructor is automatically called when an object is created.
    If we do not specify a constructor, C++ compiler generates a default constructor
    for us (expects no parameters and has an empty body).
    Types of Constructors
    Default Constructor: Default constructor is the constructor which doesn’t take
    any argument. It has no parameters.
    Parameterized Constructors: It is possible to pass arguments to constructors.
    Typically, these arguments help initialize an object when it is created.
    Copy Constructor: A copy constructor is a member function which initializes an
    object using another object of the same class.
    1. Default Constructor

    Note: Even if we do not
    define any constructor
    explicitly, the compiler will
    automatically provide a
    default constructor
    implicitly.
    2. Parameterized Constructors

    When an object is declared in


    a parameterized constructor,
    the initial values have to be
    passed as arguments to the
    constructor function. The
    normal way of object
    declaration may not work.
    The constructors can be
    called explicitly or implicitly.
    2. Parameterized Constructors
    Example e = Example(0, 50); // Explicit call
    Example e(0, 50); // Implicit call
    Uses of Parameterized constructor:
    It is used to initialize the various data elements of different objects with different
    values when they are created.
    It is used to overload constructors.
    Can we have more than one constructors in a class?
    Yes, It is called Constructor Overloading.
    Constructor Overloading in C++

    Just like other member functions, constructors can also be overloaded.


    Infact when you have both default and parameterized constructors defined in your
    class you are having Overloaded Constructors, one with no parameter and other
    with parameter.
    You can have any number of Constructors in a class that differ in parameter list.
    3. Copy Constructor

    A copy constructor is a member function which initializes an object using another


    object of the same class.
    A copy constructor has the following general function prototype:
    ClassName (const ClassName &old_obj);
    When is user-defined copy constructor needed?

    If we don’t define our own copy constructor, the C++ compiler creates a default
    copy constructor for each class which does a member-wise copy between objects

    The compiler created copy constructor works fine in general. We need to define
    our own copy constructor only if an object has pointers or any runtime allocation
    of the resource like file handle, a network connection..etc.
    Shallow Copy Vs Deep Copy

    Default constructor does only shallow copy.


    Shallow Copy Vs Deep Copy

    Shallow Copy of object if some variables are defined in heap memory, then:
    Demo Example

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