Difference btw struct and class?

#1

I’ve learned c language before and class here feels the same as struct so are the same and can we use struct in c++ instead of class

#2

@tharunnayak14, the structure in c++ is quite different from the struct in c ,

  • Structures in C cannot have member functions inside structure but Structures in C++ can have member functions along with data members.
  • We cannot directly initialize structure data members in C but we can do it in C++.
  • In C, we need to use struct to declare a struct variable. In C++, struct is not necessary. For example, let there be a structure for Record. In C, we must use “struct Record” for Record variables. In C++, we need not use struct and using ‘Record‘ only would work.

there are some more difference , but in c++, the difference between struct and class is very minor , struct by default has default declaration of its members as public and in class its private by default that’s it . so if you know struct of c then it won’t be of much use so i will suggest you to spend some time in understanding the concepts of class .

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#3

so now u say i should learn class and struct in c++ and we can say struct and class are very similar in c++

#4

yes exactly !! …

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