I was just wondering what the difference between .cpp and .h files is? What would I use a header file (.h) for and what would I use a .cpp file for?
I was just wondering what the difference between .cpp and .h files is? What
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I was just wondering what the difference between .cpp and .h files is? What would I use a header file (.h) for and what would I use a .cpp file for?
In general, and it really could be a lot less general:
.h (header) files are for declarations of things that are used many times, and are
#included in other files.cpp (implementation) files are for everything else, and are almost never
#included