Friend Functions
Explore the role of friend functions in C++ and understand how to provide independent functions access to private class members through the friend keyword. This lesson demonstrates how friend functions operate on objects by reference to modify private data securely while maintaining encapsulation.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
The private data members of a class are only accessible through the functions present in that class. Nothing from outside can manipulate the class object without using its functions.
What if we need to access class variables in a function ...