Beginning C++ Through Game Programming, 3rd Edition

Contents......Page 7
Introduction......Page 19
Introducing C++......Page 24
Creating an Executable File......Page 25
Dealing with Errors......Page 27
Introducing the Game Over Program......Page 28
Including Other Files......Page 30
Displaying Text through the Standard Output......Page 31
Terminating Statements......Page 32
Introducing the Game Over 2.0 Program......Page 33
Introducing the Game Over 3.0 Program......Page 34
Understanding When to Employ using......Page 35
Introducing the Expensive Calculator Program......Page 36
Understanding Integer and Floating Point Division......Page 37
Understanding Order of Operations......Page 38
Introducing the Game Stats Program......Page 39
Understanding Type Modifiers......Page 41
Declaring Variables......Page 42
Naming Variables......Page 43
Assigning Values to Variables......Page 44
Displaying Variable Values......Page 45
Defining New Names for Types......Page 46
Introducing the Game Stats 2.0 Program......Page 47
Using Combined Assignment Operators......Page 49
Using Increment and Decrement Operators......Page 50
Dealing with Integer Wrap Around......Page 51
Introducing the Game Stats 3.0 Program......Page 52
Using Enumerations......Page 54
Setting Up the Program......Page 55
Getting Information from the Player......Page 56
Telling the Story......Page 57
Summary......Page 58
Questions and Answers......Page 59
Exercises......Page 61
Understanding Truth......Page 62
Using the if Statement......Page 63
Introducing the Score Rater Program......Page 64
Testing true and false......Page 65
Interpreting a Value as true or false......Page 66
Nesting if Statements......Page 67
Using the else Clause......Page 68
Introducing the Score Rater 2.0 Program......Page 69
Creating Two Ways to Branch......Page 70
Using a Sequence of if Statements with else Clauses......Page 71
Introducing the Score Rater 3.0 Program......Page 72
Creating a Sequence of if Statements with else Clauses......Page 73
Using the switch Statement......Page 74
Introducing the Menu Chooser Program......Page 75
Introducing the Play Again Program......Page 77
Looping with a while Loop......Page 78
Introducing the Play Again 2.0 Program......Page 79
Looping with a do Loop......Page 80
Introducing the Finicky Counter Program......Page 81
Using the break Statement to Exit a Loop......Page 83
Introducing the Designers Network Program......Page 84
Using the Logical OR Operator......Page 88
Using the Logical NOT Operator......Page 89
Understanding Order of Operations......Page 90
Introducing the Die Roller Program......Page 91
Calling the rand() Function......Page 92
Seeding the Random Number Generator......Page 93
Calculating a Number within a Range......Page 94
Understanding the Game Loop......Page 95
Introducing Guess My Number......Page 96
Setting Up the Game......Page 97
Summary......Page 99
Questions and Answers......Page 101
Exercises......Page 103
Using for Loops......Page 104
Introducing the Counter Program......Page 105
Counting with for Loops......Page 107
Using Empty Statements in for Loops......Page 108
Nesting for Loops......Page 109
Understanding Objects......Page 110
Introducing the String Tester Program......Page 112
Creating string Objects......Page 114
Using the size() Member Function......Page 115
Iterating through string Objects......Page 116
Using the find() Member Function......Page 117
Using the erase() Member Function......Page 118
Introducing the Hero's Inventory Program......Page 119
Creating Arrays......Page 121
Indexing Arrays......Page 122
Being Aware of Array Bounds......Page 123
Understanding C-Style Strings......Page 124
Introducing the Tic-Tac-Toe Board Program......Page 126
Indexing Multidimensional Arrays......Page 128
Introducing Word Jumble......Page 129
Picking a Word to Jumble......Page 130
Jumbling the Word......Page 131
Entering the Game Loop......Page 132
Summary......Page 133
Questions and Answers......Page 134
Discussion Questions......Page 136
Exercises......Page 137
Introducing the Standard Template Library......Page 138
Using Vectors......Page 139
Introducing the Hero's Inventory 2.0 Program......Page 140
Declaring a Vector......Page 142
Using the size() Member Function......Page 143
Calling Member Functions of an Element......Page 144
Using the empty() Member Function......Page 145
Introducing the Hero's Inventory 3.0 Program......Page 146
Declaring Iterators......Page 148
Looping through a Vector......Page 149
Changing the Value of a Vector Element......Page 151
Accessing Member Functions of a Vector Element......Page 152
Using the erase() Vector Member Function......Page 153
Introducing the High Scores Program......Page 154
Preparing to Use Algorithms......Page 156
Using the random_shuffle() Algorithm......Page 157
Using the sort() Algorithm......Page 158
Examining Vector Growth......Page 159
Examining Other STL Containers......Page 161
Using Pseudocode......Page 162
Using Stepwise Refinement......Page 163
Planning the Game......Page 164
Setting Up the Program......Page 165
Entering the Main Loop......Page 166
Getting the Player's Guess......Page 167
Summary......Page 168
Questions and Answers......Page 169
Exercises......Page 171
Creating Functions......Page 174
Introducing the Instructions Program......Page 175
Declaring Functions......Page 176
Calling Functions......Page 177
Introducing the Yes or No Program......Page 178
Returning a Value......Page 180
Accepting Values into Parameters......Page 181
Understanding Encapsulation......Page 183
Introducing the Scoping Program......Page 184
Working with Separate Scopes......Page 186
Working with Nested Scopes......Page 188
Introducing the Global Reach Program......Page 189
Accessing Global Variables......Page 191
Altering Global Variables......Page 192
Using Global Constants......Page 193
Introducing the Give Me a Number Program......Page 194
Assigning Default Arguments to Parameters......Page 196
Introducing the Triple Program......Page 197
Creating Overloaded Functions......Page 199
Introducing the Taking Damage Program......Page 200
Calling Inlined Functions......Page 202
Introducing the Mad Lib Game......Page 203
The main() Function......Page 204
The askNumber() Function......Page 205
Summary......Page 206
Questions and Answers......Page 207
Exercises......Page 209
Introducing the Referencing Program......Page 210
Creating References......Page 212
Altering Referenced Values......Page 213
Introducing the Swap Program......Page 214
Passing by Value......Page 216
Passing by Reference......Page 217
Introducing the Inventory Displayer Program......Page 218
Understanding the Pitfalls of Reference Passing......Page 219
Passing a Constant Reference......Page 220
Returning References......Page 221
Introducing the Inventory Referencer Program......Page 222
Returning a Reference......Page 223
Displaying the Value of a Returned Reference......Page 224
Altering an Object through a Returned Reference......Page 225
Planning the Game......Page 226
Setting Up the Program......Page 228
The main() Function......Page 230
The askYesNo() Function......Page 231
The humanPiece() Function......Page 232
The displayBoard() Function......Page 233
The winner() Function......Page 234
The isLegal() Function......Page 235
The computerMove() Function......Page 236
Summary......Page 240
Questions and Answers......Page 241
Discussion Questions......Page 243
Exercises......Page 244
Understanding Pointer Basics......Page 246
Introducing the Pointing Program......Page 247
Declaring Pointers......Page 249
Assigning Addresses to Pointers......Page 250
Dereferencing Pointers......Page 251
Reassigning Pointers......Page 252
Using Pointers to Objects......Page 253
Using a Constant Pointer......Page 254
Using a Pointer to a Constant......Page 255
Using a Constant Pointer to a Constant......Page 256
Introducing the Swap Pointer Version Program......Page 257
Passing by Value......Page 259
Passing a Constant Pointer......Page 260
Returning Pointers......Page 261
Introducing the Inventory Pointer Program......Page 262
Returning a Pointer......Page 263
Using a Returned Pointer to Display a Value......Page 264
Assigning to a Variable the Value Pointed to by a Returned Pointer......Page 265
Altering an Object through a Returned Pointer......Page 266
Introducing the Array Passer Program......Page 267
Using an Array Name as a Constant Pointer......Page 269
Passing and Returning Arrays......Page 270
Summary......Page 271
Questions and Answers......Page 273
Exercises......Page 275
Defining New Types......Page 278
Introducing the Simple Critter Program......Page 279
Defining a Class......Page 280
Defining Member Functions......Page 281
Accessing Data Members......Page 282
Using Constructors......Page 283
Introducing the Constructor Critter Program......Page 284
Declaring and Defining a Constructor......Page 285
Calling a Constructor Automatically......Page 286
Introducing the Private Critter Program......Page 287
Specifying Public and Private Access Levels......Page 289
Defining Accessor Member Functions......Page 290
Defining Constant Member Functions......Page 291
Using Static Data Members and Member Functions......Page 292
Introducing the Static Critter Program......Page 293
Accessing Static Data Members......Page 295
Calling Static Member Functions......Page 296
Introducing the Critter Caretaker Game......Page 297
Planning the Game......Page 298
Planning the Pseudocode......Page 299
The Critter Class......Page 300
The main() Function......Page 303
Summary......Page 304
Questions and Answers......Page 306
Exercises......Page 308
Using Aggregation......Page 310
Introducing the Critter Farm Program......Page 311
Using Object Data Members......Page 313
Using Container Data Members......Page 314
Introducing the Friend Critter Program......Page 315
Overloading Operators......Page 318
Dynamically Allocating Memory......Page 319
Introducing the Heap Program......Page 320
Using the new Operator......Page 322
Using the delete Operator......Page 323
Avoiding Memory Leaks......Page 324
Introducing the Heap Data Member Program......Page 326
Declaring Data Members that Point to Values on the Heap......Page 330
Declaring and Defining Destructors......Page 331
Declaring and Defining Copy Constructors......Page 332
Overloading the Assignment Operator......Page 336
Introducing the Game Lobby Program......Page 338
The Player Class......Page 339
The Lobby Class......Page 341
The Lobby::AddPlayer() Member Function......Page 343
The Lobby::Clear() Member Function......Page 345
The operator<<() Member Function......Page 346
The main() Function......Page 347
Summary......Page 348
Questions and Answers......Page 349
Exercises......Page 351
Introducing Inheritance......Page 354
Introducing the Simple Boss Program......Page 356
Deriving from a Base Class......Page 358
Instantiating Objects from a Derived Class......Page 359
Controlling Access under Inheritance......Page 360
Introducing the Simple Boss 2.0 Program......Page 361
Using Access Modifiers with Class Members......Page 362
Calling and Overriding Base Class Member Functions......Page 363
Introducing the Overriding Boss Program......Page 364
Calling Base Class Constructors......Page 366
Overriding Virtual Base Class Member Functions......Page 367
Calling Base Class Member Functions......Page 368
Using Overloaded Assignment Operators and Copy Constructors in Derived Classes......Page 369
Introducing the Polymorphic Bad Guy Program......Page 370
Using Base Class Pointers to Derived Class Objects......Page 373
Defining Virtual Destructors......Page 374
Introducing the Abstract Creature Program......Page 375
Declaring Pure Virtual Functions......Page 377
Deriving a Class from an Abstract Class......Page 378
Designing the Classes......Page 379
Planning the Game Logic......Page 383
The Card Class......Page 384
The Hand Class......Page 386
The GenericPlayer Class......Page 389
The Player Class......Page 391
The House Class......Page 392
The Deck Class......Page 393
The Game Class......Page 396
The main() Function......Page 399
Overloading the operator<<() Function......Page 400
Summary......Page 402
Questions and Answers......Page 403
Exercises......Page 405
Appendix A: Creating Your First C++ Program......Page 406
Appendix B: Operator Precedence......Page 412
Appendix C: Keywords......Page 414
Appendix D: ASCII Chart......Page 416
Appendix E: Escape Sequences......Page 420
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N......Page 428
P......Page 429
R......Page 430
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V......Page 432
Y......Page 433