C++: A Dialog Programming with the C++ Standard Library

Review

First, we added the fundamental programming concept of the function. A function is a piece of code that can "stand alone"; it can be compiled separately from other functions, and provides some service that we can use via a mechanism known as a function call. The function that makes the call is known as the calling function, and the one it calls is known as the called function. Before we can call a function, we need to know what input values it needs and what it returns. This information is provided by a function declaration at the beginning of each function. The function declaration includes an argument list, which specifies input values that the called function uses (if any), and a return type, which specifies the type of the value that ...