Chapter 7. Functions: C++’s Programming Modules
In this chapter you’ll learn about the following:
• Function basics
• Function prototypes
• How to pass function arguments by value
• How to design functions to process arrays
• How to use const pointer parameters
• How to design functions to process text strings
• How to design functions to process structures
• How to design functions to objects of the string class
• Functions that call themselves (recursion)
• Pointers to functions
Fun is where you find it. Look closely, and you can find it in functions. C++ comes with a large library of useful functions (the standard ANSI C library plus several C++ classes), but real programming pleasure comes with writing your own functions. This chapter ...
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