Structs and I/O Streams

struct

user-defined data type that groups related variables of different data types under a single name

True or false: structs have member functions

false; they only have member variables

default accessibility of structs

public

What must be after the closing bracket of a struct definition?

a semicolon

declare struct object

structname objectname

ex: Student s1;

access or assign a member variable

structobjectname.membervariablename

initialize default values for struct variables

assign them in the struct definition

What order do you initialize values in hierarchial structs?

in order of the member variables

stream

flow of data

<iostream>

provides objects that can read user input and output data to the console

<fstream>

provides classes for handling file input and output operations