Gain insights into dynamic memory allocation, creating classes, and functions. Delve into inheritance, I/O, exception handling. Explore 90+ examples to master advanced C++ functionalities.

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If you’re looking to sharpen up your C++ programming skills, then you’re in the right place. You will start with learning about dynamic memory allocation, how to create classes, and constructors. 

In the latter half of the course, inheritance, functions, I/O, exception handling, and more. Throughout the course, you will study over 90 carefully designed examples aimed to enhance your understanding of the C++ language.  

By the time you finish this course, you will be able to use more advanced functionality in your C++ programs.

C++ Programming for Experienced Engineers

_Inheritance_ is a `code reuse mechanism` that lets us reuse existing classes even when their **object code, alone, is available (i.e. when their source code is not available)**. It is commonly used to implement the following functionalities:

1. To use existing features of a base class as it is.

2. To modify an existing functionality of the base class.

3. To provide additional new functionality through the derived class.

4. To make a combination of the old functionality from the base class and new functionality from a derived class.

Inheritance is a <code>code reuse mechanism</code> that lets us reuse existing classes even when their object code, alone, is available (i.e. when their source code is not available). It is commonly used to implement the following functionalities:
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To use existing features of a base class as it is.
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To modify an existing functionality of the base class.
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To provide additional new functionality through the derived class.
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To make a combination of the old functionality from the base class and new functionality from a derived class.
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What purpose does **inheritance** serve?


What purpose does inheritance serve?

# Example 

In this example, let's consider a **base** class `Person` with `name`, `date_of_birth`, and `contact_number` properties. Now, think about two classes, `Student` and `Employee`, that are inherited from the `Person` class. Both of these classes have one attribute, e.g., `roll_number` for `Student` class and  `designation` for an `Employee` class. If we avoid inheritance then we have to provide all the properties of the **base** class separately in both of our **derived** classes. The same concept is shown through an illustration below:


Understand why we use inheritance in programming.

Getting Off the Ground

Starters

Basic C++ Examples

Class Organization Examples

Class Constructor Examples

Classes and Objects Examples

More Classes and Objects Examples

Function Examples

Function Overloading Examples

Operator Overloading Examples

Free Store Examples

Inheritance Examples

Virtual Function Examples

Input Output Examples

Template Examples

Exception Handling Examples

STL Examples

Miscellaneous Examples

Conclusion

Theory: Goal of Inheritance

Purpose of inheritance