Defining and using a default class constructor : constructor « Class « C++ Tutorial






#include <iostream>

#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

class Box {
  public:
    double length;
    double width;
    double height;

    Box() {
      cout << "Default constructor called" << endl;
      length = width = height = 1.0;          // Default dimensions
    }
    
    Box(double lengthValue, double widthValue, double heightValue) {
      cout << "Box constructor called" << endl;
      length = lengthValue;
      width = widthValue;
      height = heightValue;
    }
    
    double volume() {
      return length * width * height;
    }
};


int main() {
  
  Box firstBox(80.0, 50.0, 40.0);

  Box smallBox;

  return 0;
}
Box constructor called
Default constructor called








9.2.constructor
9.2.1.A parameterized constructor
9.2.2.Use constructor to initialize class fields
9.2.3.Initialize variables and conduct calculation in constructor
9.2.4.Overload the constructor
9.2.5.Copy constructors
9.2.6.Constructor as conversion operator
9.2.7.Virtual copy constructor
9.2.8.overload constructor
9.2.9.Overload constructor two ways: with initializer and without initializer
9.2.10.Call class constructor or not during class array declaration
9.2.11.Call default constructor when allocating an array dynamically
9.2.12.Call constructor from base class to initialize fields inherited from base class
9.2.13.Overload constructor for different data format
9.2.14.Defining and using a default class constructor
9.2.15.Constructor parameter with default value
9.2.16.If a constructor only has one parameter
9.2.17.The default constructor for class X is one that takes no arguments;