Chapter 2. C++ Programming Basics

In This Chapter

• Getting Started 30

• Basic Program Construction 30

• Output Using cout 33

• Directives 35

• Comments 36

• Integer Variables 38

• Character Variables 42

• Input with cin 45

• Floating Point Types 48

• Type bool 51

• The setw Manipulator 52

• Variable Type Summary 54

• Type Conversion 56

• Arithmetic Operators 60

• Library Functions 65

In any language there are some fundamentals you need to know before you can write even the most elementary programs. This chapter introduces three such fundamentals: basic program construction, variables, and input/output (I/O). It also touches on a variety of other language features, including comments, arithmetic operators, the increment operator, data conversion, ...

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