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Explaining Classes in Python by designing a Dog

Classes are the building blocks of object oriented programming and since python is an object oriented language it supports classes implicitly. Classes give us a way to model real world objects. They combine data and functions into one entity.

C++

Classes and Objects in C++

In C++, a class is a mechanism for creating user-defined data types. A class is used to specify the form of an object and it combines data representation. The variables inside class definition are called as data members and the functions are called member functions.