classes and structures

Hi, I was wondering how a person could use a structure and have classes access it. (I'm not sure if I'm using the correct terminology or not.) Would the struct go in the public: portion of the base class? Does it go outside of the class? Could somebody try to explain how this would work? Thanks for any help on this matter! mcorn

Code:

struct mystruct
{
     char name[20];
     int age;
};

class cBaseClass
{
   private:
           int  whatever;

   public:
       cBase();
       int whatever();   Access the struct somehow?
};

class cChildClass
{ 
    private:
           etc
    public:
           cChildClass: public cBase : access the struct somehow?
};

Lookee Here

You don't need inheritance for that, besides, your syntax is very far off. Do:

Code:

struct mystruct
{
    char name[20];
    int age;
};

class SomeClass
{
public:
    int GetAge() const;
protected:
    mystruct StructInstance;
};

int SomeClass::GetAge() const
{
    return StructInstance.age;
}