Can someone please explain the difference between getter setter function and constructor? I think since both getter setter and constructor objectives are to initialize private member variable in a class. I'm kind of confused because they both are doing this same thing. Is there a particular situation where each it used, or can they be used interchangeably?

phoxnes234: Can someone please explain the difference between getter setter function and constructor? I think since both getter setter and constructor objectives are to initialize private member variable in a class. I'm kind of confused because they both are doing this same thing. Is there a particular situation where each it used, or can they be used interchangeably?

They are a lot of stuffs that does the same thing, I think its just to create enuf options ...

For example there is no mch difference BTW switch and using if statements, structs , union and classes are almost the same also etc

constructor is only called once during initialization and that if the entity itself require values to be set upon instantiation while setters and getters are meant mutate the private details; you shud read from learncpp.com its easier.

constructors are called only when objects of ur d class are created.They are used to specify various ways of creating objects of d class.Getter functns are used to get or retrirve curren values of f member varuables of d object at any time after d object has been created.Whereas setter functions are used to update d values of member variables at any time after d object has been created.