This excellent primer provides a plethora of C++ programming information for beginning to intermediate users on topics like classes, objects, expressions, arrays, pointers. Plus, it also covers advanced topics like inheritance, namespaces, STL, custom string class, and the Standard C++ Class Library. For users of all levels, this guide teaches with examples of source code and a thorough display of the results.

Preface
1 The Story of C++
2 An Overview of C++
3 The Basic Data Types
4 Program Control Statements
5 Arrays and Strings
6 Pointers
7 Functions, Part One: The Fundamentals
8 Functions, Part Two: References, Overloading, and Default Arguments
9 More Data Types and Operators
10 Structures and Unions
11 Introducing the Class
12 A Closer Look at Classes
13 Operator Overloading
14 Inheritance
15 Virtual Functions and Polymorphism
16 Templates
17 Exception Handling
18 The C++ I/O System
19 Run-Time Type ID and the Casting Operators
20 Namespaces and Other Advanced Topics
21 Introducing the Standard Template Library
22 The C++ Preprocessor
A C-Based I/O
B Working with an Older C++ Compiler
C The .NET Managed Extensions to C++
Index