What is the difference between class and structure?

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Ekta Bansal

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Basic difference between class and structure is that Structures are used to store data and a class defined both data and the functions that access that data.
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There is only one difference, by default all members are public in a structure where in class members are private.
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By default the members of structure are public where as class members are private by default.
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In class all members by default private.but in case of structure by default public. In structure we can not initialize the members . Structure not support polymorphism, inheritance
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In C++, class and structure are both identical except the accessibility of the members (data or methods). In class, accessibility is private by default and in structure it is public by default. All other features are same.
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Class is a reference type and structure is a value type.
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Class is a reference type and stored on a heap. Structure is a value type and stored on a stack.
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1) structure :- In structure have a by default public. In class have a by default private. 2) Structure cannot be inherited. But class can be inherit. 3) There is no data hiding features comes with structures. Classes do, private, protected and public. 4) A structure can't be abstract, a class...
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1) structure :- In structure have a by default public. In class have a by default private. 2) Structure cannot be inherited. But class can be inherit. 3) There is no data hiding features comes with structures. Classes do, private, protected and public. 4) A structure can't be abstract, a class can. 5) A structure is a value type, while a class is a reference type. 6) A structure is contain only data member , but class contain data member and member function. 7) In a Structure we can't initilse the value to the variable but in class variable we assign the values. read less
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