Whats the difference between using -> and using . ?

[bretjoseph]

In c++ you can do Class. and Class->. What are those, when are they used?

[coder777]

-> is used to reference members of the class when the instance of that class is a pointer.
. is used to directly access the members of the class. For non pointer objects.

[MikeyBoy]

Or, to put it another way:

a->b

is exactly the same as:

(*a).b

[ne555]

> In c++ you can do Class. and Class->.
not really
you may do object. or pointer->
or object-> if you overload the arrow operator

[bretjoseph]

Thanks all