Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)

12th Edition

ISBN: 9780133760064

Author: Glenn Brookshear, Dennis Brylow

Publisher: PEARSON

See similar textbooks

Concept explainers

OOPs

In today's technology-driven world, computer programming skills are in high demand. The object-oriented programming (OOP) approach is very much useful while designing and maintaining software programs. Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a basic program…

Constructor

The easiest way to think of a constructor in object-oriented programming (OOP) languages is:

Videos

Textbook Question

Chapter 6.5, Problem 4QE

What is a constructor?

Expert Solution & Answer

Want to see the full answer?

Check out a sample textbook solution

See solution

Chapter 6.5, Problem 3QE

Chapter 6.5, Problem 5QE

Students have asked these similar questions

How is a constructor used?

A constructor serves what purpose?

What features distinguish Constructors?

Chapter 6 Solutions

Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)

Ch. 6.1 - In what sense is a program in a third-generation...Ch. 6.1 - We can summarize the imperative programming...Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 4QE Ch. 6.2 - Why is the use of a constant considered better...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 2QE Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 3QE Ch. 6.2 - Identity some common control structures found in...Ch. 6.2 - What is the difference between an array and an...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 1QE Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 2QE

Ch. 6.3 - Why do many programming languages implement I/O...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 4QE Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 5QE Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 1QE Ch. 6.4 - What is a symbol table?Ch. 6.4 - What is the difference between a terminal and a...Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 4QE Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 5QE Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 6QE Ch. 6.5 - What is the difference between an object and a...Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 2QE Ch. 6.5 - Suppose the classes PartTimeEmployee and...Ch. 6.5 - What is a constructor?Ch. 6.5 - Why are some items within a class designated as...Ch. 6.6 - Prob. 1QE Ch. 6.6 - Prob. 2QE Ch. 6.6 - Prob. 3QE Ch. 6.7 - Prob. 2QE Ch. 6.7 - Prob. 3QE Ch. 6.7 - Prob. 4QE Ch. 6 - Prob. 1CRP Ch. 6 - Translate the following Python program into the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 3CRP Ch. 6 - Why was it necessary to identify the type of data...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6CRP Ch. 6 - Suppose the function f expects two numeric values...Ch. 6 - Suppose f is a function that returns the result of...Ch. 6 - Prob. 9CRP Ch. 6 - Summarize the distinction between a machine...Ch. 6 - John Programmer argues that the ability to declare...Ch. 6 - Summarize the distinction between declarative...Ch. 6 - Explain the differences between a literal, a...Ch. 6 - a. What is operator precedence? b. Depending on...Ch. 6 - Prob. 16CRP Ch. 6 - What is the difference between the meaning of the...Ch. 6 - Draw a flowchart representing the structure...Ch. 6 - Prob. 19CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 20CRP Ch. 6 - Draw a flowchart representing the structure...Ch. 6 - Rewrite the following program segment using a...Ch. 6 - Summarize the following rats-nest routine with a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 24CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 25CRP Ch. 6 - Suppose the variable X in a program was declared...Ch. 6 - Prob. 27CRP Ch. 6 - Why would a large array probably not be passed to...Ch. 6 - Sometimes an actual parameter is passed to a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 32CRP Ch. 6 - What ambiguity exists in the statement X = 3 + 2 ...Ch. 6 - Suppose a small company has five employees and is...Ch. 6 - Prob. 35CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 36CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 37CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 38CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 39CRP Ch. 6 - Design a set of syntax diagrams that describes the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 41CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 42CRP Ch. 6 - Add syntax diagrams to those in Question 5 of...Ch. 6 - Prob. 44CRP Ch. 6 - What code optimization could be performed by a...Ch. 6 - Simplify the following program segment Y = 5 if (Y...Ch. 6 - Simplify the following program segment while (X !=...Ch. 6 - In an object-oriented programming environment, how...Ch. 6 - Describe how inheritance might be used to develop...Ch. 6 - What is the difference between the public and...Ch. 6 - a. Give an example of a situation in which an...Ch. 6 - Describe some objects that might be found in a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 53CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 54CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 55CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 56CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 57CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 58CRP Ch. 6 - Prob. 59CRP Ch. 6 - In general copyright laws support ownership rights...Ch. 6 - By using a high-level programming language, a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 3SI Ch. 6 - Prob. 4SI Ch. 6 - Prob. 5SI Ch. 6 - Suppose an amateur programmer writes a program for...Ch. 6 - Prob. 7SI

Additional Engineering Textbook Solutions

Find more solutions based on key concepts

Change the class TemperatureList given in Display 11.10 by adding a member function called getSize, which takes...

Problem Solving with C++ (10th Edition)

This optional Google account security feature sends you a message with a code that you must enter, in addition ...

SURVEY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS

What output would the code in the previous question produce if we changed 46 in the first statement to 12?

Java: An Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming (8th Edition)

What is the difference between open-cell and closed-cell foamed plastics?

Degarmo's Materials And Processes In Manufacturing

One way to find the classes needed for an object-oriented program is to identify all of the verbs in a descript...

Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)

What is the purpose of the let constructs in functional languages?

Concepts Of Programming Languages

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, computer-science and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.