How can I initialize private members in a class using client code?

[Jim Roberts]

I have a class and i'd like to initialize
or set the values of its private members
in the client code, how can I do that ?
thanku,

jim

 

[Hurkyl]

Through setter methods.

For example, in Java style:

public class Example {
  private int var;

  public int getVar() { return var; }
  public void setVar(int i) { var = i; }
}

 

[Jim Roberts]

, but can you tell me how to do that in c++?
and initialize/change the values of class's private
member variables in main function ?
thanks hurkyl

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
Example exmpl;

exmpl.setVar(2004);
printf("private var = %d\n", exmpl.getVar());

return 0;
}