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in c++, "the only difference between a class and a struct is that by default all members are public in a struct and private in a class. In all other respect, structures and classes are equivalent." for only this difference what is the need of class we can achieve everything using struct only i think...
 
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rohit shekhar wrote:for only this difference what is the need of class we can achieve everything using struct only i think...


Is this question about Java or not??
 
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Hi,

Doesn't see like a relevant post about SCJP.

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Java doesn't have structs, only classes.

(And this question certainly does not have anything to do with SCJP, so I've moved it to a more appropriate forum for you).
 
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can any one please say me is there any forum for CPP like this forum.
 
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Well Rohit,

You might want to check this and this

Nothing is like javaranch, i can assure you.

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ya java is awesome i love it... but for placement purpose i have to study c++ too.
 
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Rohit,

hehe, keep digging for forum like javaranch for C++ and let me know also.

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rohit shekhar wrote:what is the need of class we can achieve everything using struct only i think...



You could be right. Or perhaps not, I don't know. But let me also point out that you don't need a for-loop because you can do everything it does with a while-loop. And you don't need an addition operator because you can do everything it does with just a subtraction operator. This list could be extended considerably.
 
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rohit shekhar wrote:in c++, "the only difference between a class and a struct is that by default all members are public in a struct and private in a class. In all other respect, structures and classes are equivalent." for only this difference what is the need of class we can achieve everything using struct only i think...


Well, long ago in ancient times, we C++ programmers had the coding convention of using C++ classes mostly for encapsulation and using C++ structs only for no encapsulation. So during design conversations, when we talk about structs we always knew we were discussing publicly accessible members. Classes would mean otherwise, where there would be some private members. Yes, technically C++ classes and structs were the same but the difference was in how they were used in the programming.
 
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Paul Clapham wrote:

rohit shekhar wrote:what is the need of class we can achieve everything using struct only i think...



You could be right. Or perhaps not, I don't know. But let me also point out that you don't need a for-loop because you can do everything it does with a while-loop. And you don't need an addition operator because you can do everything it does with just a subtraction operator. This list could be extended considerably.



The problem with classes is, nothing except when you try to go back through or modify someone else work and they used classes. It can be a bit difficult. Using other data structures like structs can be a life saver and much easier to look over.

I had an instructor that worked on the NASA's J.U.N.O. project JUNO PROJECT He used nothing but data structures and against classes altogether.
 
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