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C++ for the Impatient

Name: C++ for the Impatient
Author: Brian Overland
ISBN: 9780133257120

by Brian Overland

May 2013

Intermediate to advanced

816 pages

19h 13m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Preface
How This Book Is Different: Learning C++11Who Should Buy This Book?Examples and ExercisesRequirements: Your Version of C++C++11Learning about Object OrientationTypographic ConventionsA Final Word
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1. C++ Fundamentals
1.1. Elements of a C++ Program1.2. Dealing with “Flashing Console”1.3. Working with Microsoft Visual Studio1.4. Doing More with C++1.5. Adding Simple Variable Declarations1.6. Introduction to C++ Control Structures1.7. General Structure of a C++ Program1.8. More about Namespaces1.9. Some Comments about Comments1.10. Sample App: Adding MachineExercises1.11. Sample App: Calculating PhiExercises
Chapter 2. Data
2.1. Declaring Simple Variables2.2. Primitive Data Types2.3. Symbolic Names (“Symbols”)2.4. Numeric Literals2.5. Mixing Numeric Types2.6. String and Character Literals2.7. Data Declarations: The Complete Syntax2.8. Enumerated Types2.9. Special Declarations (typedef, auto, decltype)2.10. Sample App: Type PromotionExercises

Chapter 3. Operators
3.1. Precedence, Associativity, and Lvalues3.2. Concise Summary of Operators3.3. Operators in Detail3.4. The Great Controversy: Postfix or Prefix?3.5. Bitwise Operators in Detail3.6. Cast Operators3.7. Sample App: Binary PrintoutExercises
Chapter 4. Control Structures
4.1. Concise Summary of C++ Statements4.2. Null Statements (;) and Expression Statements4.3. Compound Statements4.4. if and if-else Statements4.5. while and do-while Statements4.6. for Statements4.7. Range-based for Statements (C++11)4.8. switch Statements4.9. Jump Statements (break, continue, goto)4.10. Exception Handling (try, catch)4.11. Sample App: Guess-the-Number GameExercises4.12. Sample App: Computer Guesses the NumberExercises
Chapter 5. Functions
5.1. Overview of Traditional (Named) Functions5.2. Local and Global Variables5.3. Complete Function Declaration Syntax5.4. Function Overloading5.5. Arguments with Default Values5.6. Variable-Length Argument Lists5.7. Lambda, or Anonymous, Functions (C++11)5.8. constexpr Functions (C++11)5.9. Sample App: Odds at DiceExercises
Chapter 6. Pointers, Arrays, and References
6.1. References6.2. Arrays6.3. Pointers6.4. Complex Declarations Involving Pointers6.5. Passing and Returning Function Pointers6.6. Smart Pointers (C++11)6.7. Sample App: Sieve of EratosthenesExercises
Chapter 7. Classes and Objects
7.1. Overview: Structures, Unions, and Classes7.2. Basic Class Declaration Syntax7.3. Constructors7.4. Destructors7.5. The Hidden “this” Pointer7.6. Operator Functions (Op Overloading)7.7. Deriving Classes (Subclassing)7.8. Bit Fields7.9. Unions7.10. Sample App: Packed BooleanExercises
Chapter 8. Preprocessor Directives
8.1. General Syntax of Preprocessor Directives8.2. Summary of Preprocessor Directives8.3. Using Directives to Solve Specific Problems8.4. Preprocessor Operators8.5. Predefined Macros8.6. Creating Project Header Files
Chapter 9. Creating and Using Templates
9.1. Templates: Syntax and Overview9.2. Function Templates9.3. Class Templates9.4. Class Templates with Member Functions9.5. Using Integer Template Parameters9.6. Template Specialization9.7. Variadic Templates (C++11)9.8. Sample App: Type Promotion, v 2Exercises
Chapter 10. C-String Library Functions
10.1. Overview of the C-String Format10.2. Input and Output with C-Strings10.3. C-String Functions10.4. String Tokenizing with strtok10.5. Individual-Character Functions10.6. Memory-Block Functions (memcpy, and so on)10.7. Wide-Character Functions (wstrcpy, and so on)
Chapter 11. C I/O Library Functions
11.1. Overview of C Library I/O11.2. Console I/O Functions11.3. Print/Scan Formats11.4. Input and Output to Strings11.5. File I/O
Chapter 12. Math, Time, and Other Library Functions
12.1. Trigonometric Functions12.2. Other Math Functions12.3. The C Date and Time Library12.4. String-to-Number Conversions12.5. Memory-Allocation Functions12.6. Standard C Randomization Functions12.7. Searching and Sorting Functions12.8. Other Standard C Library Functions12.9. Sample App: Idiot SavantExercises
Chapter 13. C++ I/O Stream Classes
13.1. The Basics of C++ I/O Streams13.2. Reading a Line of Input with getline13.3. The C++ Stream-Class Hierarchy13.4. Stream Objects: Manipulators and Flags13.5. Stream Member Functions (General Purpose)13.6. File Stream Operations13.7. Reading and Writing String Streams13.8. Overloading Shift Operators for Your Classes13.9. Sample App: Text File ReaderExercises
Chapter 14. The C++ STL String Class
14.1. Overview of the String Class14.2. String Class Constructors14.3. String Class Operators14.4. Concise Summary of Member Functions14.5. Member Functions in Detail14.6. String Class Iterators14.7. Wide-Character String Class (basic_string)
Chapter 15. Introduction to STL (vector, deque)
15.1. A Tour of the Container Templates15.2. Introduction to Iterators15.3. The vector Template15.4. The deque Template15.5. The bitset Template15.6. Sample App: Alpha File OrganizerExercises
Chapter 16. STL Sequence Containers (List)
16.1. Sorting Elements (Strict Weak Ordering)16.2. The list Template16.3. The stack Template16.4. The queue Template16.5. The priority_queue Template16.6. Sample App: Find the MedianExercises
Chapter 17. STL Associated Containers (map, set)
17.1. The pair Template17.2. The map Template17.3. The set Template17.4. The multimap Template17.5. The multiset Template17.6. Unordered Containers (C++11)17.7. Sample App: Guess-the-Word GameExercises
Chapter 18. STL Algorithms
18.1. STL Algorithms: General Concepts18.2. Using Lambda Functions (C++11)18.3. Algorithms and Iterators18.4. Insert Iterators18.5. Sample App: Finding the Median18.6. Concise Summaries of Algorithms18.7. Detailed Descriptions of Algorithms
Chapter 19. C++11 Randomization Library
19.1. Issues in Randomization19.2. A Better Randomization Scheme19.3. Common Engines19.4. Common Distributions19.5. Operations on Engines19.6. Operations on Distributions19.7. Sample App: Dice GameExercises
Chapter 20. C++11 Regular-Expression Library
20.1. Overview of C++11 Regular Expressions20.2. Dealing with Escape Sequences (\)20.3. Constructing a RegEx String20.4. Matching and Searching Functions20.5. “Find All,” or Iterative, Searches20.6. Replacing Text20.7. String Tokenizing20.8. Catching RegEx Exceptions20.9. Sample App: RPN CalculatorExercises
Appendix A. A Painless Introduction to Rvalue References (C++11)
A.1. The Trouble with CopyingA.2. Move Semantics: C++11 to the Rescue!A.3. Rvalue Refs in a User’s String ClassA.4. Verifying Runtime-Performance ImprovementA.5. Rvalues and Contained ObjectsA.6. References Reconsidered: Rvalues and Lvalues
Appendix B. Summary of New Features in C++11
B.1. Improvements in Object ConstructionB.2. Other Core-Language EnhancementsB.3. Other New KeywordsB.4. Extensions to the Standard Library
Appendix C. ASCII Codes
Index

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Chapter 6. Pointers, Arrays, and References

C++ enables you to do a great deal by using simple variables. To write real programs, however, you need to learn how to create more complex data types, beginning with pointers, arrays, and references.

Arrays are important because they are the most basic kind of container in the language. By creating an array, you can have N of something, where N is any positive whole number. Pointers, a closely related topic, are important because they have a close relationship to arrays and are used to manipulate them.

I begin with the subject of references, however, because these are the easiest to start using in your own programs.

6.1. References

A reference is a variable that works as an alias for another variable. ...

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