C++ : A Beginner's Guide

2nd Edition

By: Herbert Schildt

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Essential skills made easy! Written by Herb Schildt, the world?s leading programming author, this step-by-step book is ideal for first-time programmers or those new to C++. The modular approach of this series, including sample projects and progress checks, makes it easy to learn to use C++ at your own pace.

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Herbert Schildt (Mahomet, IL) is a leading programming author. He is an authority on the C, C++, Java, and C# programming languages, and a master Windows programmer. His programming books have sold more than three million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous best-sellers including, C++: The Complete Reference, C: The Complete Reference, C++ from the Ground Up, Java 2: The Complete Reference, Java 2: A Beginner's Guide, C#: A Beginner's Guide, The Art of Java and many more. Schildt holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois.

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Preface	p. xix
C++ Fundamentals	p. 1
A Brief History of C++	p. 2
C: The Beginning of the Modern Age of Programming	p. 2
The Need for C++	p. 3
C++ Is Born	p. 4
The Evolution of C++	p. 4
How C++ Relates to Java and C#	p. 5
Object-Oriented Programming	p. 7
Encapsulation	p. 7
Polymorphism	p. 8
Inheritance	p. 9
A First Simple Program	p. 10
Entering the Program	p. 11
Compiling the Program	p. 11
Run the Program	p. 12
The First Sample Program Line by Line	p. 12
Handling Syntax Errors	p. 15
A Second Simple Program	p. 16
Using an Operator	p. 17
Reading Input from the Keyboard	p. 19
Some Output Options	p. 21
Another Data Type	p. 22
Converting Feet to Meters	p. 24
Two Control Statements	p. 26
The if Statement	p. 27
The for Loop	p. 28
Using Blocks of Code	p. 30
Semicolons and Positioning	p. 32
Indentation Practices	p. 33
Generating a Table of Feet to Meter Conversions	p. 33
Introducing Functions	p. 36
The C++ Libraries	p. 38
The C++ Keywords	p. 38
Identifiers	p. 39
Module 1 Mastery Check	p. 40
Introducing Data Types and Operators	p. 43
Why Data Types Are Important	p. 44
The C++ Data Types	p. 44
Integers	p. 47
Characters	p. 48
Floating-Point Types	p. 50
The bool Type	p. 51
void	p. 53
Talking to Mars	p. 53
Literals	p. 55
Hexadecimal and Octal Literals	p. 56
String Literals	p. 56
Character Escape Sequences	p. 56
A Closer Look at Variables	p. 59
Initializing a Variable	p. 59
Dynamic Initialization	p. 60
Operators	p. 61
Arithmetic Operators	p. 61
Increment and Decrement	p. 62
Relational and Logical Operators	p. 64
Construct an XOR Logical Operation	p. 67
The Assignment Operator	p. 69
Compound Assignments	p. 70
Type Conversion in Assignments	p. 71
Expressions	p. 71
Type Conversion in Expressions	p. 72
Casts	p. 72
Spacing and Parentheses	p. 73
Compute the Regular Payments on a Loan	p. 74
Module 2 Mastery Check	p. 77
Program Control Statements	p. 79
The if Statement	p. 80
The Conditional Expression	p. 82
Nested ifs	p. 83
The if-else-if Ladder	p. 84
The switch Statement	p. 85
Nested switch Statements	p. 89
Start Building a C++ Help System	p. 91
The for Loop	p. 93
Some Variations on the for Loop	p. 95
Missing Pieces	p. 96
The Infinite for Loop	p. 97
Loops with No Body	p. 98
Declaring Loop Control Variables Inside the for Loop	p. 99
The while Loop	p. 100
The do-while Loop	p. 102
Improve the C++ Help System	p. 105
Using break to Exit a Loop	p. 108
Using continue	p. 110
Finish the C++ Help System	p. 111
Nested Loops	p. 115
Using the goto Statement	p. 116
Module 3 Mastery Check	p. 117
Arrays, Strings, and Pointers	p. 119
One-Dimensional Arrays	p. 120
No Bounds Checking	p. 123
Two-Dimensional Arrays	p. 124
Multidimensional Arrays	p. 126
Sorting an Array	p. 127
Strings	p. 129
String Fundamentals	p. 130
Reading a String from the Keyboard	p. 130
Some String Library Functions	p. 132
strcpy	p. 133
strcat	p. 133
strcmp	p. 133
strlen	p. 133
A String Function Example	p. 134
Using the Null Terminator	p. 135
Array Initialization	p. 136
Unsized Array Initializations	p. 140
Arrays of Strings	p. 141
Pointers	p. 143
What Are Pointers?	p. 143
The Pointer Operators	p. 144
The Base Type of a Pointer Is Important	p. 146
Assigning Values Through a Pointer	p. 147
Pointer Expressions	p. 148
Pointer Arithmetic	p. 148
Pointer Comparisons	p. 150
Pointers and Arrays	p. 151
Indexing a Pointer	p. 153
String Constants	p. 155
Reversing a String in Place	p. 156
Arrays of Pointers	p. 159
The Null Pointer Convention	p. 160
Multiple Indirection	p. 161
Module 4 Mastery Check	p. 163
Introducing Functions	p. 165
Function Fundamentals	p. 166
The General Form of a Function	p. 166
Creating a Function	p. 167
Using Arguments	p. 168
Using return	p. 170
Returning Values	p. 173
Using Functions in Expressions	p. 175
Scope Rules	p. 176
Local Scope	p. 177
Global Scope	p. 182
Passing Pointers and Arrays to Functions	p. 185
Passing a Pointer	p. 185
Passing an Array	p. 186
Passing Strings	p. 189
Returning Pointers	p. 190
The main() Function	p. 192
Pass Command-Line Arguments to main()	p. 192
Passing Numeric Command-Line Arguments	p. 194
Function Prototypes	p. 196
Headers Contain Prototypes	p. 198
Recursion	p. 198
The Quicksort	p. 201
Module 5 Mastery Check	p. 205
A Closer Look at Functions	p. 207
Two Approaches to Argument Passing	p. 208
How C++ Passes Arguments	p. 208
Using a Pointer to Create a Call-by-Reference	p. 209
Reference Parameters	p. 211
Returning References	p. 216
Independent References	p. 219
A Few Restrictions When Using References	p. 220
Function Overloading	p. 221
Automatic Type Conversions and Overloading	p. 225
Create Overloaded Output Functions	p. 228
Default Function Arguments	p. 234
Default Arguments Versus Overloading	p. 235
Using Default Arguments Correctly	p. 237
Function Overloading and Ambiguity	p. 238
Module 6 Mastery Check	p. 241
More Data Types and Operators	p. 243
The const and volatile Qualifiers	p. 244
const	p. 244
volatile	p. 246
Storage Class Specifiers	p. 247
auto	p. 247
extern	p. 247
static Variables	p. 249
register Variables	p. 253
Enumerations	p. 256
typedef	p. 259
Bitwise Operators	p. 260
AND, OR, XOR, and NOT	p. 261
The Shift Operators	p. 266
Create Bitwise Rotation Functions	p. 269
The ? Operator	p. 274
The Comma Operator	p. 275
Multiple Assignments	p. 277
Compound Assignment	p. 277
Using sizeof	p. 278
Precedence Summary	p. 279
Module 7 Mastery Check	p. 280
Classes and Objects	p. 283
Class Fundamentals	p. 284
The General Form of a Class	p. 284
Defining a Class and Creating Objects	p. 285
Adding Member Functions to a Class	p. 289
Creating a Help Class	p. 292
Constructors and Destructors	p. 298
Parameterized Constructors	p. 300
Adding a Constructor to the Vehicle Class	p. 302
An Initialization Alternative	p. 304
Inline Functions	p. 305
Creating Inline Functions Inside a Class	p. 307
Creating a Queue Class	p. 310
Arrays of Objects	p. 315
Initializing Object Arrays	p. 316
Pointers to Objects	p. 318
Object References	p. 320
Module 8 Mastery Check	p. 320
A Closer Look at Classes	p. 323
Overloading Constructors	p. 324
Assigning Objects	p. 325
Passing Objects to Functions	p. 327
Constructors, Destructors, and Passing Objects	p. 328
Passing Objects by Reference	p. 330
A Potential Problem When Passing Objects	p. 332
Returning Objects	p. 332
Creating and Using a Copy Constructor	p. 335
Friend Functions	p. 338
Structures and Unions	p. 343
Structures	p. 343
Unions	p. 345
The this Keyword	p. 349
Operator Overloading	p. 351
Operator Overloading Using Member Functions	p. 352
Order Matters	p. 355
Using Member Functions to Overload Unary Operators	p. 356
Nonmember Operator Functions	p. 361
Using a Friend to Overload a Unary Operator	p. 365
Operator Overloading Tips and Restrictions	p. 366
Creating a Set Class	p. 368
Module 9 Mastery Check	p. 378
Inheritance, Virtual Functions, and Polymorphism	p. 379
Inheritance Fundamentals	p. 380
Member Access and Inheritance	p. 383
Base Class Access Control	p. 386
Using protected Members	p. 388
Constructors and Inheritance	p. 391
Calling Base Class Constructors	p. 393
Extending the Vehicle Class	p. 398
Creating a Multilevel Hierarchy	p. 401
Inheriting Multiple Base Classes	p. 404
When Constructor and Destructor Functions Are Executed	p. 406
Pointers to Derived Types	p. 408
References to Derived Types	p. 409
Virtual Functions and Polymorphism	p. 409
Virtual Function Fundamentals	p. 409
Virtual Functions Are Inherited	p. 412
Why Virtual Functions?	p. 413
Applying Virtual Functions	p. 414
Pure Virtual Functions and Abstract Classes	p. 419
Module 10 Mastery Check	p. 423
The C++ I/O System	p. 425
Old vs. Modern C++ I/O	p. 426
C++ Streams	p. 426
The C++ Predefined Streams	p. 427
The C++ Stream Classes	p. 428
Overloading the I/O Operators	p. 429
Creating Inserters	p. 429
Using Friend Functions to Overload Inserters	p. 431
Overloading Extractors	p. 432
Formatted I/O	p. 434
Formatting with the ios Member Functions	p. 435
Using I/O Manipulators	p. 440
Creating Your Own Manipulator Functions	p. 443
File I/O	p. 446
Opening and Closing a File	p. 446
Reading and Writing Text Files	p. 448
Unformatted and Binary I/O	p. 450
Reading and Writing Blocks of Data	p. 453
More I/O Functions	p. 454
More Versions of get()	p. 455
getline()	p. 456
Detecting EOF	p. 456
peek() and putback()	p. 456
flush()	p. 457
A File Comparison Utility	p. 457
Random Access	p. 461
Checking I/O Status	p. 464
Module 11 Mastery Check	p. 465
Exceptions, Templates, and Other Advanced Topics	p. 467
Exception Handling	p. 468
Exception Handling Fundamentals	p. 468
Using Multiple catch Statements	p. 473
Catching All Exceptions	p. 476
Specifying Exceptions Thrown by a Function	p. 477
Rethrowing an Exception	p. 478
Templates	p. 480
Generic Functions	p. 481
A Function with Two Generic Types	p. 483
Explicitly Overloading a Generic Function	p. 483
Generic Classes	p. 485
Explicit Class Specializations	p. 488
Creating a Generic Queue Class	p. 490
Dynamic Allocation	p. 494
Initializing Allocated Memory	p. 496
Allocating Arrays	p. 497
Allocating Objects	p. 498
Namespaces	p. 502
Namespace Fundamentals	p. 503
using	p. 506
Unnamed Namespaces	p. 508
The std Namespace	p. 509
static Class Members	p. 510
static Member Variables	p. 510
static Member Functions	p. 512
Runtime Type Identification (RTTI)	p. 514
The Casting Operators	p. 518
dynamic_cast	p. 518
const_cast	p. 519
static_cast	p. 520
reinterpret_cast	p. 520
What Next?	p. 520
Module 12 Mastery Check	p. 521
The Preprocessor	p. 523
#define	p. 524
Function-Like Macros	p. 526
#error	p. 528
#include	p. 528
Conditional Compilation Directives	p. 529
#if, #else, #elif, and #endif	p. 529
#ifdef and #ifndef	p. 531
#undef	p. 532
Using defined	p. 532
#line	p. 533
#pragma	p. 533
The # and ## Preprocessor Operators	p. 534
Predefined Macro Names	p. 535
Working with an Older C++ Compiler	p. 537
Two Simple Changes	p. 539
Index	p. 541
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