Classes Tutorial

Posted: Oct/07/2009 By: pankaj Points:15 Category: C/C++/VC++ - C++ Views:123 Vote Up (0) Vote Down (0)

A class is an expanded concept of a data structure: instead of holding only data, it can hold both data and functions.

An object is an instantiation of a class. In terms of variables, a class would be the type, and an object would be the variable.

Classes are generally declared using the keyword class, with the following format:

class class_name { access_specifier_1: member1; access_specifier_2: member2; ... } object_names;

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