What is Default constructor ?

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What is Default constructor ?

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Default constructor: Default constructor refers to the constructor with no parameters or argument. If it has parameters ,all the parameters contains the default values. It is a type of constructor.

Constructor refers to the special member function of the class which enable object to initialize itself when created. A constructor refers to the same name as the class name.

Properties of default constructor:

  • A default constructor is called whenever the object of its class is created.
  • A default constructor does not return any value.
  • Default constructor should be done in the public section.
  • Default constructor cannot be inherited.
  • If default constructor is not defined ,compiler itself create a default constructor implicitly. This constructor called as an inline public member of its class.
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Syntax for declaration of default constructor:

class class-name

{

public:

//default constructor

class name()

{

}

}

Syntax to invoke the default constructor:

class name object name;

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