what is object slicing

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what is object slicing..

Answer / subhashish saha

When you try to assign derived class object to an object of
base class, it takes the elements that has relivance with
respect to the base class and slices off the remaining
thing. this is object slicing...

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what is object slicing..

Answer / kar4you

When a Derived Class object is assigned to Base class, the
base class' contents in the derived object are copied to
the base class leaving behind the derived class specific
contents. This is referred as Object Slicing. That is, the
base class object can access only the base class members.
This also implies the separation of base class members from
derived class members has happened.

class base
{
public:
int i, j;
};
class derived : public base
{
public:
int k;
};
int main()
{
base b;
derived d;
b=d;
return 0;
}
here b contains i and j where as d contains i, j& k. On
assignment only i and j of the d get copied into i and j of
b. k does not get copied. On the effect object d got sliced.

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what is object slicing..

Answer / ravi

OBJECT SLICING IS ALSO USED IN THE VIRTUAL FUNCTION
TO USE TO ACCESS THE DATA MEMBER OF DRIVED CLASS

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