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Title of script: Constructors and Destructors

Author: Ashwini R. Patil

Keywords: Constructors, Destructors, Video tutorial

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide 1	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Constructors and Destructors in C++.
Slide 2	In this tutorial we will learn about, Constructors. Destructors. We will do this with the help of example.
Slide 3	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Operating System version 11.04, g++ Compiler version 4.6.1.
Slide 4	Let us start with the introduction to Constructors and Destructors. A constructor is a member function. It has the same name as the class name. Constructors cannot return values. Constructor is automatically called when an object is created. Types of Constructors are: Parameterized Constructors. Copy Constructors. Default Constructors. We will discuss about them in another tutorial.No details about destructors. Pls change the opening statement or provide an additional slide for destructors.
	Destructors Destructors are used to deallocate memory. They are called when an object is destroyed. A destructor takes no arguments and has no return types.
	Let us look at an example of Constructors, I have already typed the code on the editor, So i will open it.
Point the cursor constructor.cpp	I have saved the file with the name constructor.cpp Let me explain the code now.
Highlight #include <iostream>	This is our header file as iostream.
Highlight using namespace std;	Here is the std namespace.
Highlight class Addition	Here we have defined a class Addition.
Highlight int a, b ;	a and b are the integer variables.
Highlight public	Public is the access specifier. It allows the data to be accessible by the other parts of our program.
Highlight Addition(int, int)	Addition is the construtor here. A constructor has the same name as the class name. We have passed two arguements here.
Highlight int add( )	Then we have defined a function add.
Highlight return(a + b);	It returns sum of a and b.
Highlight Addition :: Addition (int a, int b)	Here, we specify that function Addition is not a global function. It is a member function of the class Addition. Here we have passed two arguments. int x and int y.
Highlight a = x; b = y;	Now the value of x will be stored in variable a. And the value of y will be stored in variable b.
Highlight int main()	This is our main function.
Highlight Addition obj (3, 4);	obj is the object of class Addition. Here we pass two values as 3 and 4. 3 will be stored in x and 4 will be stored in y. Which means a's value will be 3 and b's vaue will be 4.
Highlight cout << “Addition of a and b is ” <<obj.add() <<“\n”	Then we print the result. Here we call the function add through the object obj.
Highlight return 0;	This is our return statement.
Click on save	Now click on Save.
	Let us execute the program.
Open the terminal Ctrl, Alt and T keys simultaneously	Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T keys simultaneously.
Type g++ constructor.cpp -o cons To execute Type ./cons	To compile the program type, g++ constructor.cpp -o cons To execute Type ./cons
Highlight Output	Here the output is displayed as Sum is 7. And Memory Deallocation
On the editor	Now let us see an example on Default constructors. Come back ot our program. I have already typed the code. Note that our filename is default.cpp
Go to File menu Click on Save as option	If a constructor is not declared in the class then the compiler assumes a default constructor for the class.
	This is our header file as iostream.
	Here is the std namespace.
Type: Addition::~Addition();	Here type Addition::~Addition() Opening curly bracket { then type cout << "Memory Deallocation\n"; and closing surly bracket }
On the terminal	Let us execute. Come back to the terminal.
Type g++ destructor.cpp -o dest Type ./dest	Compile and execute as before. g++ destructor.cpp -o dest, and press Enter. To execute, Type, ./dest
Highlight output	Here the output is displayed as, Addition of a and b is 7. Memory Deallocation. This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Slide 6	Let us summarize, In this tutorial we learned, Constructors eg. Addition Destructors eg. ~Addition
Slide 7	As an assignment, Write a program to calculate the area of a triangle using constructor.
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Slide Number 10 Acknowledgement	Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project. It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India. More information on this Mission is available at: http://spoken-tutorial.org\NMEICT-Intro.
	This is Ashwini Patil from IIT Bombay signing off Thank You for joining.

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