i am little bit confused to access the class function through pointer.
Whether
Consider the pointer variable
Class Ball
{
Void Do()
{
}
}
Void main()
{
Ball &r = *(new Ball );
}
Can i access via
r.Do();
r->Do();
Which way is correct and please explain me why it is like that ?
I think it is more advisable to instantiate an object using this syntax:
Ball *r = new Ball;
if you will follow the syntax that i've said, you can access member functions and variables using the following syntax:
(*r).Do();
or
r -> Do();
either of the 2 is correct.
The first syntax (*r).Do();
- *r is pertaining to the Ball object that the pointer 'r' is pointing to.
- Don't forget to enclose *r in parenthesis.
The second syntax r -> Do();
- this one is better than the first syntax. The -> operator signifies that 'r' is a POINTER to an object with a member function Do().
- this syntax is more advisable rather than the first one, because it is much easier to understand and remember.
Hope you found this helpful.
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