COPY CONSTRUCTORS

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 POINTERS

• Variable whose value refers to another value stored somewhere

else in the computer

• Definition:
Datatype * variable_name = & name_variable_pointed_to
Defines variable a pointer Returns an address

• Uses:
• Dynamically allocated memory to a variable

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 Simple
variables

Pointers structures

Types of
Variables

Objects Arrays

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 CONSTRUCTORS

Non- Parameterized Parameterized

Default Constructor Copy Constructors
Constructor Constructor

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 COPY CONSTRUCTOR

• A copy constructor is a member

function which initializes an
object using another object of the
same class
• Syntax:

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 TYPES OF COPY CONSTRUCTORS

Types of
Copies of
Object

Shallow
Deep Copy
Copy
Constructor
Constructor

Also known as Default Copy Constructor

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 SHALLOW VS DEEP COPY CONSTRUCTOR

Shallow Copy Constructor Deep Copy Constructor

• Does a member by member • Designed to handle dynamic
copy of the source object variables while creating the
• provided by the compiler as copy of the source object
a default copy constructor if
not defined
• Used in the Absence of
dynamic variables

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 SHALLOW VS DEEP COPY

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 SHALLOW VS DEEP COPY (IN CASE OF
DYNAMIC VARIABLES)

Source Copied
Object Object
Memory
########## Shallow Copy

Source Copied
Object Object
Memory
########## ########## Deep Copy

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 EXAMPLE – SHALLOW COPY

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