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

Objectives of This Chapter

By the end of this chapter, you should

1. Understand how to implement all the concrete data type functions for a class that uses pointers, namely our homegrown string class.

2. Understand in detail the operation and structure of a string class that is useful in some real programming situations.

3. Understand how to write appropriate input and output functions (operator >> and operator <<) for the objects of our string class.

4. Understand how to use some additional C library functions such as memcmp and memset.

5. Understand the (dreaded) C data type, the array, and some of the reasons why it is hazardous to use.

6. Understand the friend declaration, which allows access to private members by selected nonmember functions.

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