What is the difference between structures and classes in C++?

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Member of a class defined with the keyword class are private by default. Members of a class defined with the keywords struct or union are public by default. In absence of an access-specifier for a base class, public is assumed when the derived class is declared struct and private is assumed when the...
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Member of a class defined with the keyword class are private by default. Members of a class defined with the keywords struct or union are public by default. In absence of an access-specifier for a base class, public is assumed when the derived class is declared struct and private is assumed when the class is declared class. read less
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In C++ Structure members are public by default. If you want to make it private, you need to mention private: and mention variable under private: Class members are private by default. You need to specifically mention public keyword, those are the members under public: keyword become public.
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Mainly the default access specifier For struct By default members are public For class By default members are private
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1) Structure :- Structures are by default public. Classes are 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...
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1) Structure :- Structures are by default public. Classes are 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 contains only data member , but class contains data member and member function. 7) In a Structure we can't initialize the value to the variable but in class variable we can assign the values. 8) Structures are value type, They are stored as a stack on memory. where as classes are reference type. They are stored as heap on memory. read less
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