Is it possible to call a function from a C++ class constructor?

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Programming

Hi all!
The question is, is it possible to call a function from a class constructor? those. without calling a function from main. More or less like this:

// Конструктор Students
Students::Students(std::string name, std::string last_name) 
{                                                                                            
    Students::set_name(name); // Вызываем(создаем) функцию с фактическим параметром
    Students::set_last_name(last_name); // тоже самое. Можно ли так делать?
}

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

is it possible to call a function from a class constructor?

Certainly. There are, however, some subtleties with virtual functions.

Students::Students(std::string name, std::string last_name) 
{                                                                                            
    Students::set_name(name); // Вызываем(создаем) функцию с фактическим параметром
    Students::set_last_name(last_name); // тоже самое. Можно ли так делать?
}

The class name (Students::) can be omitted from calls within a class member function.
Fields can be initialized in the constructor's initialization list. For example like this:

class Students
{
...
    std::string name_;
    std::string last_name_;
...
};

Students::Students(const std::string& name, const std::string& last_name): name_(name), last_name_(last_name)
{                                                                                            
}

Answer 2

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