SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 10 Minutes SECOND EDITION

Where You Put Function Code

C++ requires that you declare everything before you use it. Thus, a function must be declared before it is used in another function. Because of this, the functions called by main() are typically placed in the space above main() in C++ programs. Functions used by a function called from main() are defined above that function, as shown here:

void A(void)
{
}

void C(void)
{
}

void D(void)
{
}

void B(void)
{
    C();
    D();
}

main()
{
    A();
    B();
}

Declaring is not always the same thing as defining. Some older C and C++ programs use function prototypes to declare a function without defining it.

A prototype is a function header with no body. It ends with a semicolon. Modern programs rarely, if ever, should use a function prototype. ...