C++ Primer Plus

4. Compound Types

In this chapter you’ll learn about the following:

• Creating and using arrays

• Creating and using C-style strings

• Creating and using string-class strings

• Using the getline() and get() methods for reading strings

• Mixing string and numeric input

• Creating and using structures

• Creating and using unions

• Creating and using enumerations

• Creating and using pointers

• Managing dynamic memory with new and delete

• Creating dynamic arrays

• Creating dynamic structures

• Automatic, static, and dynamic storage

• The vector and array classes (an introduction)

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