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Demonstrating that class objects can be assigned to each other using default memberwise copy
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#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
class Date {
public:
Date( int = 1, int = 1, int = 1990 ); // default constructor
void print();
private:
int month;
int day;
int year;
};
// Simple Date constructor with no range checking
Date::Date( int m, int d, int y )
{
month = m;
day = d;
year = y;
}
// Print the Date in the form mm-dd-yyyy
void Date::print() { cout << month << '-' << day << '-' << year; }
int main()
{
Date date1( 7, 4, 2009 ), date2; // d2 defaults to 1/1/90
cout << "date1 = ";
date1.print();
cout << "\ndate2 = ";
date2.print();
date2 = date1; // assignment by default memberwise copy
cout << "\n\nAfter default memberwise copy, date2 = ";
date2.print();
cout << endl;
return 0;
}
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