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Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, fifth edition
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Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, fifth edition

by Jesse Liberty, Rogers Cadenhead
April 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
464 pages
9h 18m
English
Sams
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Hour 17. Using Polymorphism and Derived Classes

Polymorphism Implemented with Virtual Methods

The previous hour emphasized the fact that a Dog object is a Mammal object. This meant that the Dog object inherited the attributes (data) and capabilities (member functions) of its base class. The relationship between a base class and derived class runs deeper than that in C++.

Polymorphism allows derived objects to be treated as if they were base objects. For example, suppose you create specialized Mammal types ...

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