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Understanding Destructor Functions in C++

The document provides an overview of destructors in C++, explaining their purpose, characteristics, and providing examples of their implementation. It also introduces friend functions, detailing their ability to access private and protected members of a class. Several code examples illustrate the concepts of constructors, destructors, and friend functions in C++.

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Understanding Destructor Functions in C++

The document provides an overview of destructors in C++, explaining their purpose, characteristics, and providing examples of their implementation. It also introduces friend functions, detailing their ability to access private and protected members of a class. Several code examples illustrate the concepts of constructors, destructors, and friend functions in C++.

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Object Oriented Programing MSc.

Abeer Mohammed
Computer Engineering Department -2nd Stage Al- Esraa University College

Destructor in C++
What is a destructor?
Destructor is a special member function of a class that is executed whenever an object of its class
goes out of scope or whenever the delete expression is applied to a pointer to the object of that
class.
Destructor name is same as class name but preceded by (~)
For example if name of constructor is integer()
Then destructor is ~integer()
Characteristics of Destructor
1. It never takes any argument ////no parameters
2. Only one destructor is need to destroy.
3. Compiler automatically makes destructor.

Simple example for destructor

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

class gabs

public:

gabs()

cout<< " Constrctor of gabs" <<endl; ////constructor

~gabs()

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Object Oriented Programing MSc. Abeer Mohammed
Computer Engineering Department -2nd Stage Al- Esraa University College

cout<< " Destrctor of gabs" <<endl; ////Destructor

};

int main()

gabs g1,g2();

return 0;

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Example 2

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class Rectangle

private:

int length;

int width;

public:

Rectangle() // Constructor

cout << "Constructor" << endl;

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Object Oriented Programing MSc. Abeer Mohammed
Computer Engineering Department -2nd Stage Al- Esraa University College

~Rectangle() // Destructor

cout << "Destructor" << endl;

void setDimension(int l, int b)

length = l;

width = b;

int getArea()

return length * width;

};

int main()

Rectangle rt;

[Link](7, 4);

cout << [Link]() << endl;

return 0;

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Object Oriented Programing MSc. Abeer Mohammed
Computer Engineering Department -2nd Stage Al- Esraa University College

Friend Function

What is a Friend Function in C++?

A friend function in C++ is defined as a function that can access private, protected and a public
member of a class.

The friend function is declared using the friend keyword inside the body of the class.

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Computer Engineering Department -2nd Stage Al- Esraa University College

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Object Oriented Programing MSc. Abeer Mohammed
Computer Engineering Department -2nd Stage Al- Esraa University College

Example 3:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class boss {

int salary;

public:

boss() //// default constructor

{}

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Object Oriented Programing MSc. Abeer Mohammed
Computer Engineering Department -2nd Stage Al- Esraa University College

boss(int a) /////parameter constructor

salary=a;

void display()

cout<<"Boss salary="<<salary<<endl;

friend void salary(boss); // friend function

};

int main()

boss b(5000);

[Link]();

return 0;

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