Overview
Main description
This excellent primer provides a plethora of C++ programming information for beginning to intermediate users on topics like classes, objects, expressions, arrays, pointers. Plus, it also covers advanced topics like inheritance, namespaces, STL, custom string class, and the Standard C++ Class Library. For users of all levels, this guide teaches with examples of source code and a thorough display of the results.
Table of contents
1: The Story of C++ 2: An Overview of C++ 3: The Basic Data Types 4: Program Control Statements 5: Arrays and Strings 6: Pointers 7: Functions, Part One: The Fundamentals 8: Functions, Part Two: References, Overloading, and Default Arguments 9: More Data Types and Operators 10: Structures and Unions 11: Introducing the Class 12: A Closer Look at Classes 13: Operator Overloading 14: Inheritance 15: Virtual Functions and Polymorphism 16: Templates 17: Exception Handling 18: The C++ I/O System 19: Run-Time Type ID and the Casting Operators 20: Namespaces and Other Advanced Topics 21: Introducing the Standard Template Library 22: The C++ Preprocessor A: C-Based I/O B: Working with an Older C++ Compiler C: The .NET Managed Extensions to C++
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Your Fast-Paced Guide to C++ Success!
No one teaches C++ better than Herb Schildt. That's why his books are the choice of millions worldwide. Now you, too, can quickly master C++ using his proven method. In this fully updated new edition, Herb explains the C++ language, from its fundamentals to its most advanced features. You'll start with an overview of C++ and the general form of a C++ program. You'll then learn essentials such as control statements, operators, variables, classes, and objects. Then it's on to exceptions, templates, namespaces, run-time type ID, and the Standard Template Library (STL). There is even a synopsis of the extended keywords used for .NET programming--all presented in Herb's clear, crisp, uncompromising style.
You will learn about:
- The general form of a C++ program
- Data types, operators, and expressions
- Control statements
- Functions
- Pointers and references
- Classes and objects
- Function and operator overloading
- Constructors and destructors
- Templates
- Exception handling
- Inheritance
- Virtual functions
- The C++ I/O system
- Run-time type ID
- Namespaces
- The Standard Template Library (STL)
- Object-oriented programming (OOP) principles
- And much, much more!
