A Guide to Programming in C++

by Presley, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781879233904
• ISBN10: 1879233908
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Lawrenceville Pr

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Computers
What is a Computer?	1	(1)
The History of Computers
Ancient Counting Machines	2	(1)
Arabic Numerals	2	(1)
The Pascaline	3	(1)
The Stepped Reckoner	3	(1)
The Punched Card	4	(1)
Babbage's Difference and Analytical Engines	4	(1)
The Electronic Tabulating Machine	5	(1)
The Mark I	6	(1)
ENIAC: The First Electronic Computer	7	(1)
The Stored Program Computer	8	(1)
The Transisitor	9	(1)
Integrated Circuits	9	(1)
Mainframes	10	(1)
The Modern Computer
The Microprocessor and the Microcomputer	11	(1)
The Personal Computer	11	(1)
Computer Architecture	12	(2)
Auxiliary Memory	14	(1)
Number Systems	15	(1)
Storing Data in Memory	16	(1)
Operating Systems	17	(1)
Programming Languages	18	(1)
Computer Issues
The Ethical Responsibilities of the Programmer	19	(1)
The Social and Ethical Consequences of Computers	20	(1)
The Right to Privacy	21	(1)
Protecting Computer Software and Data	22	(1)
Computer Organizations	23
Chapter Summary	23	(1)
Vocabulary	24
Introducing C++
The C++ Language	1	(1)
About this text	1	(1)
Why learn to program?	2	(1)
A C++ Program	2	(1)
C++ Program Structure	3	(1)
Running a C++ Program	4	(1)
Syntax Errors and Warnings	4	(1)
Variations on cout	5	(1)
Displaying Special Characters	6	(2)
Using Help	8	(1)
Program Style	8
Chapter Summary	9	(1)
Vocabulary	10	(1)
C++	11	(1)
Exercises	12
Variables and Constants
Using Variables	1	(2)
Obtaining a Value from the User	3	(1)
Using Named Constants	4	(1)
Choosing Identifiers	5	(1)
BuilIn Data Types	5	(2)
Variable Definitions	7	(1)
Expressions and Operators	8	(1)
The string Library	9	(2)
The ignore() Function	11	(1)
Output Formatting	12	(2)
Choosing wisely: int vs. long vs. double; const vs. variable	14
Case Study	15	(4)
Chapter Summary	19	(1)
Vocabulary	20	(1)
C++	21	(1)
Exercises	22
Controlling Program Flow
The if Statement	1	(1)
if Pitfalls	2	(2)
The if-else Statement	4	(1)
Compound Statements	4	(1)
Nested if Statements	5	(1)
The else-if Ladder	6	(1)
Programming Style: else-if Ladder vs. Sequential ifs	7	(1)
Logical Operators	8	(2)
Looping: The do-while Statement	10	(1)
Algorithms	11	(1)
Looping: The while Statement	12	(1)
Infinite Loops	13	(1)
Debugging a Program	13	(1)
Counting and Summing	14	(2)
++ and +=	16	(1)
Looping: The for Statement	17	(1)
-- and -=	18	(1)
The bool Library	18	(1)
The break Statement	19	(1)
Generating Random Numbers	19	(1)
The conio Library	20
Case Study	22	(2)
Chapter Summary	24	(2)
Vocabulary	26	(1)
C++	27	(1)
Exercises	28
Functions
The Functions	1	(2)
Function Parameters	3	(2)
Function Overloading	5	(1)
Default Parameters	6	(1)
The return Statement	7	(2)
Reference Parameters	9	(3)
Methodology for Building Functions	12	(1)
Documenting Functions	13	(2)
Building a Library	15	(3)
Top-Down Design	18	(1)
Prototype-Style Program Organization	18
Case Study	20	(8)
Chapter Summary	28	(1)
Vocabulary	29	(1)
C++	30	(1)
Exercises	31
Classes and Objects
Classes and Objects	1	(1)
Using Classes	2	(1)
The string Class	3	(2)
The ios Class	5	(1)
Constructors	5	(1)
Object Parameters	6	(1)
The PegClass Class	6	(2)
The Tower of Hanoi Puzzle	8	(2)
The TopListClass Class	10
Case Study	13	(2)
Chapter Summary	15	(1)
Vocabulary	16	(1)
C++	16	(2)
Exercises	18
Mathematics, Recursion, and enum
The math Library	1	(1)
Trigonometric Functions	2	(1)
Logarithmic and Exponential Functions	3	(1)
Other math.h Functions	4	(1)
Precision of double Values	4	(1)
Rounding double Values	5	(1)
Recursion	6	(1)
More on Recursion	7	(1)
The Tower of Hanoi	8	(3)
Character Data Storage	11	(1)
Integer to Character Equivalents	12	(1)
Enumerated Types	13	(1)
The switch Statement	14
Case Study	15	(9)
Chapter Summary	24	(1)
Vocabulary	24	(1)
C++	25	(1)
Exercises	26
Arrays and structs
The Array Type	1	(1)
The vector Library	1	(2)
Range Errors	3	(1)
The vector Member Functions	4	(1)
vector Parameters	5	(1)
vector Constructors	6	(1)
Searching an Array	7	(1)
Dynamic Arrays	7	(1)
Using typedef	8	(1)
Strings as Arrays	9	(2)
Arrays with Meaningful Indexes	11	(3)
The matrix Library	14	(4)
The struct Type	18	(2)
Complex structs	20	(1)
struct Constructors	20	(1)
const Data Members	21	(1)
Arrays of structs	22	(4)
Three-Dimensional Arrays	26
Case Study	27	(6)
Chapter Summary	33	(1)
Vocabulary	34	(1)
C++	35	(1)
Exercises	36
Streams and Files
Streams	1	(1)
The ifstream Class	1	(3)
Reading Numeric Data	4	(2)
Reading Character Data	6	(2)
The eof() and ignore() Member Functions	8	(1)
The ofstream Class	8	(3)
The open() and close() Member Functions	11	(1)
User-Specified File Names	11	(1)
Stream Object Parameters	11	(2)
The remove() and rename() Functions	13	(1)
Returning Stream Objects References	14	(1)
Random Access Files	14	(2)
The fstream Class	16	(1)
The tellg() and tellp() Functions	17
Case Study	17	(10)
Chapter Summary	27	(1)
Vocabulary	28	(1)
C++	28	(1)
Exercises	29
Building Classes
The C++ Class	1	(1)
The AccountClass Class	1	(3)
Defining Member Functions	4	(1)
The account Library	5	(3)
Default Constructors	8	(3)
Building Utility Classes	11	(2)
Overloading Operators	13	(1)
Overloading Stream Operators	14	(2)
Compiler Directives	16	(1)
The date Library	17	(3)
Special Member Functions	20	(1)
The Copy Constructor and Assignment Operator Functions	21	(1)
Object-Oriented Programming	22
Case Study	23	(10)
Chapter Summary	33	(1)
Vocabulary	34	(1)
C++	35	(1)
Exercises	36
Graphics and Event-Driven Programming
Event-Driven Programming	1	(1)
Object-Oriented Programming	1	(1)
Graphic Functions	2	(2)
Controlling Colors and Line Thickness	4	(2)
Floodfill	6	(1)
Text Functions	7	(1)
Text Formatting	8	(1)
Screen Sizes	8	(1)
Generalizing Object Locations	9	(3)
Handling Mouse Click Events	12	(2)
Hit Detection	14	(5)
Message Boxes and PostQuitMessage()	19
Case Study	21	(7)
Chapter Summary	28	(1)
Vocabulary	29	(1)
C++	29	(1)
Exercises	30
Advanced Algorithms and Recursion
Selection Sort	1	(1)
Timing Code	3	(1)
Writing Generic Code	5	(1)
Merge Sort	5	(1)
Binary Search	9	(1)
Depth-First Searching	12	(1)
Chapter Summary	17	(1)
Vocabulary	17	(1)
Exercises	18	(1)
Data Structures
The Stack Data Structure	1	(1)
The stack Library	2	(2)
The Queue Data Structure	4	(1)
The queue Library	5	(2)
Implementing Stacks and Queues	7	(1)
Linked Lists	8	(1)
Dynamic Memory Pointers	9	(1)
Building Linked Lists in Dynamic Memory	10	(4)
Avoiding Dynamic Memory Bugs	14	(1)
Pointer Notation	15	(1)
Binary Search Trees	16	(1)
Implementing Binary Search Trees	17	(4)
Beyond this Book	21
Chapter Summary	21	(1)
Vocabulary	22	(1)
C++	23	(1)
Exercises	24
Appendix A - Turbo C++
A.1 Entering a Program in Turbo C++	A-1
A.2 Compiling	A-3
A.3 Errors	A-3
A.4 More on Using Turbo C++	A-4
A.5 Using Help	A-5
A.6 Debugging with Turbo C++	A-5
A.7 Libraries	A-6
Appendix B - Microsoft Visual C++
B.1 Entering a Program in Visual C++	B-1
B.2 Compiling	B-3
B.3 Errors	B-4
B.4 More on Using Visual C++	B-4
B.5 Using Help	B-5
B.6 Debugging with Visual C++	B-6
B.7 Libraries	B-6
Appendix C - Keywords in C++
Index
Program Index	I-1
Index	I-2