i couldnt really grasp the definition of member variable, classes, instances, in the tutorial, can anyone explain to me but in a fairly lament term as i am very new to coding. Thank you
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Classes are just a way to define your own type.
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Instances are just some area of memory that holds some value of some type e.g.
int a = 10;
Here
a
is an instance of anint
and holds the value10
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Member variables are variables that are a member of the class e.g.
class Example { int Value = 10; };
Here
Value
is a member variable of theExample
class. So when you create an instance of that class e.g.Example E;
, it will have its ownValue
member.
Further reading:
https://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/82-classes-and-class-members/
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