Delve into Object-Oriented Programming in C++ and discover key concepts like classes, objects, inheritance, and polymorphism to create efficient, reusable, and secure code through hands-on challenges.

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Object-oriented programming (OOP) has been around for decades. If you have a basic understanding of C++ and are interested in leveling up your skills, this class will help you do just that. 

Starting with an overview of the basics, you’ll dive into understanding the time-honored technique for implementing complex applications using user-defined classes. Followed up by discussing classes and objects, and then building up to the high-level topics including inheritance and polymorphism. 

Throughout the course, you’ll be fully immersed in OOP for C++, with illustrations, exercises, quizzes, and hands-on challenges every step of the way. You’ll walk away with an understanding of classes and objects behavior and be able to easily create simple, efficient, reusable and secure code.

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# Pointer Scope

As we've learned in the [Function section](https://www.educative.io/courses/learn-object-oriented-programming-in-cpp/arguments-and-function-scope), function arguments are usually local in scope. Once we return from the function, all its variables are deleted forever. 

One solution was to pass external variables by reference using the `&` operator. This would alter the values of the variables outside the function scope.




In this lesson, we'll try passing pointers as input arguments to functions!

Introduction

Functions

Pointers

Classes

OOP in C++ Exam 1

Data Hiding

Inheritance

Polymorphism

Composition, Aggregation and Association

OOP in C++ Exam 2

Passing Pointers as Arguments

Pointer Scope