What is a Class and Object in C++?

Question

What is a Class and Object in C++?

Can we say that a Class is an Object?

Answer 1

Class: A class defines a particular type's behaviours and properties.

Object: An object is an instance of a class.

For example, if you have a Dog named Bingo.

• Dog would be the class defining its behaviours and properties

• Bingo would be an object that is an instance of the Dog class

Strictly speaking, a Class is not an Object in C++. But in languages such as C# and Java that supports reflection, classes can be used like objects but that is a more advance topic and probaly not what the original question is asking.