Constructors and Destructors are the special member functions that have the same name as that of the class
through which they di er from other functions; the only di erence with the destructors is they are preceded
by ~ (tilde) operator. Whenever an object of a class is created, the constructor is invoked automatically. e
destructor is used to destroy the objects when they are of no use. When constructors and destructors are not
de ned, the compiler executes the default constructor and destructor.
2.2.1 CONSTRUCTORS
Constructors are used to create and initialize the objects. For example,
class Rectangle
{
Rectangle(){---} //constructor
-----
}
Here the class
Recta ...
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