class or struct - that is the question

I have been reading up on class and struct and their use but there is one question I don't seem to be able to find an answer to.

Which should I use for preference, is one or the other deprecated?

Using class and public: appears to me to be the same thing as using struct, am I missing something here?

You could also say using struct and private: appears to be the same thing as well, couldn't you?

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Originally Posted by JayCee++

I have been reading up on class and struct and their use but there is one question I don't seem to be able to find an answer to.

Which should I use for preference, is one or the other deprecated?

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None of them are deprecated.

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Using class and public: appears to me to be the same thing as using struct, am I missing something here?

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That is correct.

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You could also say using struct and private: appears to be the same thing as well, couldn't you?

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That is also correct.

Typically you can choose what you want, but the most common way to do it is to use struct simply for grouping together variables and classes when access control and member functions are necessary.

Thanks Elysia for the clear and concise answers, much appreciated.