C++ How to Program, 10/e

3.1 Introduction 1

1. This chapter depends on the terminology and concepts introduced in Section 1.8, Introduction to Object Technology.

Section 1.8 presented a friendly introduction to object orientation, discussing classes, objects, data members (attributes) and member functions (behaviors).2 In this chapter’s examples, we make those concepts real by building a simple bank-account class. The class maintains as data members the attributes name and balance, and provides member functions for behaviors including

2. Unlike classes, fundamental types (like int) do not have member functions.

• querying the balance (getBalance),

• making a deposit that increases the balance (deposit) and

• making a withdrawal that decreases the balance (withdraw).

We’ll ...