[Solved] Basic question, what’s the difference between the . and the :: and the ->

thistleknot

This is what I believe they mean.

.

object accessor

Such as

objectname.membervariable

and the ::

is a way to access another object's function.

I see - > used in QT a lot. It appears to work in a similar manner, but I see it primarily used with ui->

thiberi0

"." is used to access a object member

"::" is used to access a class member( when a instance of class isn't necessary)

"->" is used to access a dereference a pointer to something = "(* .)"

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