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<h2 class="chapter">34 Object Oriented Programming</h2>
<p>Octave has the ability to create user-defined classes—including the
capabilities of operator and function overloading. Classes can protect
internal properties so that they may not be altered accidentally which
facilitates data encapsulation. In addition, rules can be created to address
the issue of class precedence in mixed class operations.
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<p>This chapter discusses the means of constructing a user class, how to query and
set the properties of a class, and how to overload operators and functions.
Throughout this chapter real code examples are given using a class designed
for polynomials.
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