If we declare a function friend int show(T4Tutorials_AP_Series); as a friend in a class T4Tutorials_AP_Series then this function int show(T4Tutorials_AP_Series); can access the private and protected members of the class T4Tutorials_AP_Series. You must know that a global function can also be declared as a friend function of the class.
Syntax of friend function in C++
class class_name { … friend return_type function_name(arguments); … }
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#include<iostream> using namespace std; class T4Tutorials_AP_Series { protected : int n1, T4Tutorials_Difference, n2, i, ln, s1; public : input() { s1 = 0; cout << "Input the starting number of the A.P. series: "<<endl; cin >> n1; cout << "Input the number of items for the A.P. series: "<<endl; cin >> n2; cout << "Input the common difference of A.P. series: "<<endl; cin >> T4Tutorials_Difference; s1 = (n2 * (2 * n1 + (n2 - 1) * T4Tutorials_Difference)) / 2; ln = n1 + (n2 - 1) * T4Tutorials_Difference; } friend int show(T4Tutorials_AP_Series); }; int show (T4Tutorials_AP_Series a) { cout << "The Sum of the A.P. series are : "; for (a.i = a.n1; a.i <= a.ln; a.i = a.i + a.T4Tutorials_Difference) { if (a.i != a.ln) cout << a.i << " + "; else cout << a.i << " = " << a.s1 << endl; } } int main() { T4Tutorials_AP_Series a; a.input(); show(a); } |