What is the difference between an object and a class?

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Class is like a template. And object is instance of the class. E.g. humans is a class and Mr. John is object. Mr. John is instance of class humans.
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Simple analogy and you can call it weird but it is:- Class is say Animals that represent a group of characterstics like walk, talk, taste.. And Humans, lion, tiger are OBJECTS of class ANIMAL that are instances and specifics of that class. So object is an instance of a class. Class doesnt hold any memory...
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Simple analogy and you can call it weird but it is:- Class is say Animals that represent a group of characterstics like walk, talk, taste.. And Humans, lion, tiger are OBJECTS of class ANIMAL that are instances and specifics of that class. So object is an instance of a class. Class doesnt hold any memory its a blueprint. Object is the the one that holds memory and executes the blueprint. read less
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A class is like a design to create objects., An object is like an instance of a class. Example code below: class Employee { private int EmpId; private int EmpName; public void ReadEmployeeData() { statements here..... ............................... } public...
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A class is like a design to create objects., An object is like an instance of a class. Example code below: class Employee { private int EmpId; private int EmpName; public void ReadEmployeeData() { statements here..... ............................... } public void PrintEmployeeData() { statements......... .......................... } } THE ABOVE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR A CLASS Object for above class we declare like this: Employee emp = new Employee(); Here emp is an object. For a single class you can create any number of objects. read less
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An object is basically an instant of a class
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