Comp Sci II Midterm

Allows you to change the value of the argument

Object Object::operator--(int)

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A variable that holds the address of another variable

A collection of variables. These variables can be of different types, unlike arrays.

struct {
int num;
string str;
} structName;

structName.varName

Private members can only be accessed or viewed from inside the class, public members can be accessed outside the class

A struct has no methods

Can change the value of one or more data members. Setter, or set, functions are mutators, but it is NOT the case that all mutators are set functions. In the Date class, all the set functions are mutators, but increment() is a mutator as well.

Provides a result based upon the value of one or more data members. Facilitators figure something out. In the Date class, leapYear() is one facilitator.

Sometimes referred to as an accessor function, an inspector merely furnishes the value of one or more data members. Get (or getter) functions are inspectors. In the Date class, getDate() is not a classic get function, as it furnishes multiple data members’ values, but it is certainly an inspector.

The address to the variable it is used on