Question

could anyone tell plz that why only dot is used for denoting dot operator in c++?

Answer 1

I'm confused, as opposed to what?

Answer 2

Dot operator is sort of like the possive in English or another language. For instance, if X in a desk, then X's top surface might be X.topsurface. I'm using another similar language, not C++, as my reference re this usage, but believe that is right for C++ also.

How does the possessive work in Hindi? Isn't it "ka"? Would "X ka desktop" be the way to say that in Hindi? If so, a direct equivalence to C++ syntax.

Hope that little bit helps. Best wishes.

Answer 3

1st sentence above, "possive" should be "possessive".

Answer 4

the dot operator pretty much allows u to access fields of a structure or a class...
for example
u have a class:
class MyClass{ public:
int x;
double y;
}
main()
{ MyClass exp;
//if u want to access variable x that is related to object exp
exp.x=5;
//same thing for y
exp.y=5.3;
return 0;}

PS. this is not the proper way to access class variables ((we usually do so with functions)) but it just for demonstrating the operator

u can do the same thing with struct members ...hope this helped