More Array Function Examples

When you choose to use an array to represent data, you are making a design decision

But design decisions should go beyond how data is stored; they should also involve how the data is used

Often, you’ll find it profitable to write specific functions to handle specific data operations

(The profits here include increased program reliability, ease of [...]

Member Access Control: Public or Private?

You can declare class members

Whether they are data items or member functions

Either in the public or the private section of a class

But because one of the main precepts of OOP is to hide the data

Data items normally go into the private section

The member functions that constitute the class interface

Go into the public section

Otherwise, you can’t [...]