In C++, a class is a user-defined data type that serves as a blueprint for creating objects, containing its own methods and variables. Objects are instances of classes that allow access to the class's properties and behaviors, which can be manipulated through member functions. Access to class members is controlled by access specifiers: public, private, and protected, determining the visibility of class members from outside the class.
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Classes Object& Access Specifier
In C++, a class is a user-defined data type that serves as a blueprint for creating objects, containing its own methods and variables. Objects are instances of classes that allow access to the class's properties and behaviors, which can be manipulated through member functions. Access to class members is controlled by access specifiers: public, private, and protected, determining the visibility of class members from outside the class.
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In C++ programming, a Class is a fundamental
block of a program that has its own set of
methods and variables. You can access these
methods and variables by creating an object or
the instance of the class. For example, a class
of movies may have different movies with
different properties, like genres, ratings, length,
etc. You can access these properties by creating
an object of class movies.C++ Class
Acclass is a blueprint for the object.
We can think of a class as a sketch
(prototype) of a house.
It contains all the details about the
floors, doors, windows, etc - we build
the house based on these
descriptions.What is a Class in C++?
A class is a user-defined data type,
which holds its own data members
and member functions, which can be
accessed and used by creating an
instance of that class. A C++ class is
like a blueprint for an object.
For Example: Consider the Class of
Cars. There may be many cars with
different names and brands but all of
them will share some common properties
like all of them will have 4 wheels, Speed
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limits, and mileage are their properties.
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that has data members and member
functions.
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and member functions are the
functions used to manipulate these
variables together, these data
members and member functions
define the properties and behaviour of
the objects in a Class.
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mileage, etc, and member functions
can be applying brakes, increasing
speed, etc.
But we cannot use the class as it is. We
first have to create an object of the class
to use its features. An Object is an
instance of a Class.
Note: When a class is defined, no
memory is allocated but when it is
instantiated (i.e.,22-pbject is
created) memor\4s lallocated.class ClassName {
access_specifier:
// Body of the class
ere, the access specifier defines the
evel of access to the class’s dataclass ThisClass {
public:
int var; // data
member
void print() {
// member method
cout << "Hello";e can create an object of the given
lass in the same way we declare the
ariables of any other inbuilt data type.Member Functions
The data members and member
functions of the class can be accessed
using the dot(‘.’) operator with the object.
For example, if the name of the object is
obj and you want to access the member
unction with the name printName() then
ou will have to write:
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In C++ classes, we can control the
access to the members of the class
using Access Specifiers. Also known as
access modifier, they are the keywords
that are specified in the class and all the
members of the class under that access
specifier will have particular access level.
In C++, there are 3 access specifiers that
are as follows:
1. Public: Members declared as public
can be accessed from outside the
class.
2. Private: Members declared as private
can only be accessed within the class
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3. Protected: Members declared as
protected can be accessed within the
ee Class and by derived classes