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title: "What is virtual function in C Plus Plus?"  
description: "What is virtual function in C Plus Plus?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2013-06-13  
updated: 2013-06-14  
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category: "visual c++"  
tags: ["visual c++"]  
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# What is virtual function in C Plus Plus?

Hi,\
What is [virtual function](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161768/what-is-virtual-function-and-why-is-it-used-with-example) in C ++?\
Thanks in advance.

## Replies

### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL

A [virtual](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81341/the-oh-so-fight-for-democracy-virtual-rally-scenes) [function](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13001/multi-statement-table-valued-user-defined-function-in-sql-server) is member function that is declared within a base class and redefined by a derived class.Virtual functions are used to support run time polymorphism.


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