Exploring C++ uses a series of self–directed lessons to divide C++ into bite–sized chunks that you can digest as rapidly as you can swallow them. The book assumes only a basic understanding of fundamental programming concepts (variables, functions, expressions, statements) and requires no prior knowledge of C or any other particular language. It reduces the usually considerable complexity of C++.
The included lessons allow you to learn by doing, as a participant of an interactive education session. You'll master each step in one sitting before you proceed to the next. Author Ray Lischner has designed questions to promote learning new material. And by responding to questions throughout the text, you'll be engaged every step of the way.
Author(s): Ray Lischner (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Apress
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 725
Tags: Programming Techniques; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Honing Your Tools....Pages 3-11
Reading C++ Code....Pages 13-20
Integer Expressions....Pages 21-26
Strings....Pages 27-31
Simple Input....Pages 33-38
Error Messages....Pages 39-43
For Loops....Pages 45-48
Formatted Output....Pages 49-57
Arrays and Vectors....Pages 59-69
Increment and Decrement....Pages 71-76
Conditions and Logic....Pages 77-84
Compound Statements....Pages 85-94
Introduction to File I/O....Pages 95-98
The Map Data Structure....Pages 99-104
Type Synonyms....Pages 105-107
Characters....Pages 109-114
Character Categories....Pages 115-122
Case-Folding....Pages 123-126
Writing Functions....Pages 127-135
Function Arguments....Pages 137-144
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Using Algorithms....Pages 145-155
Overloading Function Names....Pages 157-162
Big and Little Numbers....Pages 163-171
Very Big and Very Little Numbers....Pages 173-179
Documentation....Pages 181-188
Project 1 : Body-Mass Index....Pages 189-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Custom Types....Pages 195-202
Overloading Operators....Pages 203-212
Custom I/O Operators....Pages 213-217
Assignment and Initialization....Pages 219-226
Writing Classes....Pages 227-234
More About Member Functions....Pages 235-245
Access Levels....Pages 247-256
Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming....Pages 257-263
Inheritance....Pages 265-273
Virtual Functions....Pages 275-282
Classes and types....Pages 283-291
Declarations and Definitions....Pages 293-304
Using Multiple Source Files....Pages 305-319
Function objects....Pages 321-330
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Useful algorithms....Pages 331-344
Iterators....Pages 345-356
Exceptions....Pages 357-371
More operators....Pages 373-383
Project 2: Fixed-point numbers....Pages 385-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Function templates....Pages 393-403
Class templates....Pages 405-414
Template Specialization....Pages 415-422
Partial Specialization....Pages 423-427
Names and Namespaces....Pages 429-448
Containers....Pages 449-470
International Characters....Pages 471-479
Locales and Facets....Pages 481-494
Text I/O....Pages 495-507
Project 3: Currency type....Pages 509-509
Front Matter....Pages 511-511
Pointers....Pages 513-526
Dynamic Memory....Pages 527-543
Exception-Safety....Pages 545-556
Old-Fashioned arrays....Pages 557-565
Smart Pointers....Pages 567-580
Front Matter....Pages 511-511
Working with Bits....Pages 581-597
Enumerations....Pages 599-614
Multiple inheritance....Pages 615-627
Traits and Policies....Pages 629-643
Names and Templates....Pages 645-654
Overloaded Functions....Pages 655-667
Metaprogramming....Pages 669-678
Project 4: Calculator....Pages 679-680
Back Matter....Pages 681-711
