From: "Pavlos" <trash24379 AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Classes and Structs, can someone please help?
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 02:21:19 +0300
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Try it this way.
Of course, you have to save it as a .CPP file, not just .C

class book
{
   public:
      int pages;
      int current_page;
      int isopen;

      void open()
      {
         isopen = true;
      }

};

int main()
{
   book wizard_of_oz;
   wizard_of_oz.open();
}