accessing base class public member from derived class

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Is it possible to access base class public member from instance of derived class in some other locations in the program. ``` class base { public: int x; base(int xx){ x = xx; } }; class derived : base { public: derived(int xx) : base(xx){ } }; class main { public: derived * myDerived; void m1(){ myDerived = new derived(5); m2(myDerived); } void m2(derived * myDerived){ printf("%i", myDerived->x); } }; ``` After above code, I got following error. ``` `error: 'int base::x' is inaccessible` ```

Accepted Answer

You inherit privately from the base class. What you typically need is public inheritance:

```
class derived : public base
```

Here is the FAQ on private inheritance.

accessing base class public member from derived class

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