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C++ How to Program, 10/e
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C++ How to Program, 10/e

by Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel
February 2016
Beginner
1080 pages
207h 57m
English
Pearson
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9.5 Access Functions and Utility Functions

Access Functions

Access functions can read or display data, not modify it. Another common use of access functions is to test the truth or falsity of conditions—such functions are often called predicate functions. An example would be an empty function for any container class—a class capable of holding many objects, such as an array or a vector. A program might test empty before attempting to read another item from the container object.2

Utility Functions

A utility function (also called a helper function) is a private member function ...

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