Programming in C++, 2nd Edition

262 Classes and Objects

b->qty= 75;

cout<<“\n\n With pointer to structure”;

cout<<“\n Codeno : ”<<b->codeno;

cout<<“\n Prize : ”<<b->prize;

cout<<“\n Qty : ”<<b->qty;

return 0;

}

Explanation: The above program is the same as previous one. The output is also same, hence not

shown. Consider the following statement.

item a,*b; // object declaration in c++

While declaring an object, the keyword struct is omitted, which is compulsory in C. The

structure item is a user-defined data type. C++ itself behaves as a structure data type which is

built-in type and allows variable declaration.

C++ introduces new keyword class, which is similar to structure. ...