Defining Member Functions

Syntax:

return_type class_name::member_function_name(parameter_list)

{

function_body_statements

}

Example:

//Uses iostream:

void DayOfYear::output( )

{

cout << "month = " << month

<< ", day = " << day << endl;

}

Terminology:

The operator :: is called the scope resolution operator

The scope resolution operator is used to tell what a member function

is a member of

The class name that proceeds the scope resolution operator is called a

type quantifier

Note that there is no object quantifier

before use of member variables (e.g.

month and day) in a member function