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title: "What is pure virtual function in c  ?"  
description: "What is pure virtual function in c  ?"  
author: "Pravesh Singh"  
published: 2013-06-15  
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# What is pure virtual function in c  ?

What is pure [virtual function](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161768/what-is-virtual-function-and-why-is-it-used-with-example) in [c++](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/745/array-in-c-plus-plus)?

## Replies

### Reply by John Smith

For C++ related concepts , Ask questions here:\
C++ Forum

### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL

A pure [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) has no definition relative to the base class.Only the function's prototype is included.Syntax of pure virtual function:virtual type func_name(parameter-list)=0;


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