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TextBook Solutions for Jharkhand Academic Council Class 12 Computer And Communication Technology Computer Science With C++ Chapter 4 Constructor And Destructor

Question 1
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Differentiate between Constructor and Destructor functions giving suitable example using a class in C++. When does each of them execute?

Solution
 

Constructor

Destructor

Purpose

Constructor is used to initialize the instance of a class.

Destructor destroys the objects when they are no longer needed.

When Called

Constructor is Called when new instance of a class is created.

Destructor is called when instance of a class is deleted or released.

Memory Management

Constructor allocates the memory.

Destructor releases the memory.

Arguments

Constructors can have arguments.

Destructor can not have any arguments.

Overloading

Overloading of constructor is possible.

Overloading of Destructor is not possible.

Name

Constructor has the same name as class name.

Destructor also has the same name as class name but with (~) tiled operator.

Syntex

ClassName(Arguments)
{
...Body of Constructor
}

~ ClassName()
{
}

Example:
Class Exam
{
int Eno; float Marks;
public:
Exam() ...Constructor
{
Eno=1; Marks = 100;
cout<<'Constructor executed...'<<endl;
}
void Show()
{
cout<<Eno<<'#'<<Marks<<endl;
}
~Exam() ...Destructor
{
cout<<'Exam Over'<<endl;
}

void main()
{
Exam E; ...Executes constructor
E.Show();
} ...Executes Destructor

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