C++ Primer Plus, Fourth Edition

Conventions Used in This Book

To help distinguish between different kinds of text, we've used a few typographic conventions. Italic type is used for important words or phrases used for the first time, such as structured programming. Monospace type can denote any of the following:

• Names or values used in a program, such as x, starship, and 3.14

• Language keywords, such as int and if else

• Filenames, such as iostream

• Functions, such as main() and puts()

C++ source code is presented as follows:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
      cout << "What's up, Doc!\n";
      return 0;
}

Sample program runs use the same format, except user input appears in boldface:

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