C++ Object Creation and Memory Allocation

Question

Let\'s say I have a simple Movie object that just keeps track of a few data members of name, length and cost.

If in my driver file, I create a Movie object. Which is pre

Answer 1

You can simply instantiate the object like this:

Movie firstMovie ("Titanic", 126, 13.2);

You have to use the new keyword when you are initializing raw pointers.

Movie *firstMovie = new Movie("Titanic", 126, 13.2);

The difference is that the pointer object uses -> when accessing member functions while the other object uses the . notation. Also the pointer object is allocated in the heap while the other one is allocated in the stack.