What is inheritance and example?

Inheritance is one of the key features of OOP that allows us to create a new class from an existing class . The new class that is created is known as subclass (child or derived class) and the existing class from where the child class is derived is known as superclass (parent or base class).

There are different types of inheritance viz., Single inheritance, Multiple inheritance, Multilevel inheritance, hybrid inheritance, and hierarchical inheritance . Single Inheritance: When a derived class inherits only from one base class, it is known as single inheritance.