C++ Primer Plus, Fourth Edition

Chapter 6. BRANCHING STATEMENTS AND LOGICAL OPERATORS

In this chapter you learn

• The if statement

• The if else statement

• Logical operators: &&, ||, and !

• The cctype library of character functions

• The conditional operator: ?:

• The switch statement

• The continue and break statements

• Number-reading loops

One of the keys to designing intelligent programs is to give them the ability to make decisions. Chapter 5, “Loops and Relational Expressions,” shows you one kind of decision making—looping—in which a program decides whether or not to continue looping. Now you investigate how C++ lets you use branching statements to decide among alternative actions. Which vampire-protection scheme (garlic or cross) should the program use? What menu choice has the user selected? ...