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Base and Derived Class

The document explains the concept of base and derived classes in object-oriented programming, highlighting that a derived class can inherit from multiple base classes using a class derivation list. It provides an example with a base class 'Shape' and a derived class 'Rectangle' that calculates the area. The code snippet demonstrates how to set dimensions and compute the area of a rectangle, resulting in an output of 'Total area: 35'.

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Base and Derived Class

The document explains the concept of base and derived classes in object-oriented programming, highlighting that a derived class can inherit from multiple base classes using a class derivation list. It provides an example with a base class 'Shape' and a derived class 'Rectangle' that calculates the area. The code snippet demonstrates how to set dimensions and compute the area of a rectangle, resulting in an output of 'Total area: 35'.

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Base and Derived Classes

A class can be derived from more than one classes, which means it can inherit data
and functions from multiple base classes. To define a derived class, we use a class
derivation list to specify the base class(es). A class derivation list names one or
more base classes and has the form −

class derived-class: access-specifier base-class


Where access-specifier is one of public, protected, or private, and base-class is
the name of a previously defined class. If the access-specifier is not used, then
it is private by default.

Consider a base class Shape and its derived class Rectangle as follows −

Live Demo
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// Base class
class Shape {
public:
void setWidth(int w) {
width = w;
}
void setHeight(int h) {
height = h;
}

protected:
int width;
int height;
};

// Derived class
class Rectangle: public Shape {
public:
int getArea() {
return (width * height);
}
};

int main(void) {
Rectangle Rect;

Rect.setWidth(5);
Rect.setHeight(7);

// Print the area of the object.


cout << "Total area: " << Rect.getArea() << endl;

return 0;
}
When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result −

Total area: 35

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