C++ : the complete reference / Herbert Schildt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schildt, Herbert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

C++ (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

xxxii, 1023 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

4a. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2003]

Summary:

Master programmer and best-selling author Herb Schildt has updated and expanded his classic reference to C++. Using expertly crafted explanations, insider tips, and hundreds of examples, Schildt explains and demonstrates every aspect of C++. Inside you'll find details on the entire C++ language, including its keywords, operators, preprocessor directives, and libraries. There is even a synopsis of the extended keywords used for .NET programming. Of course, everything is presented in the clear, crisp, uncompromising style that has made Herb Schildt the choice of millions. Whether you're a beginning programmer or a seasoned pro, the answers to all your C++ questions can be found in this lasting resource.

Contents:

Part I The Foundation of C++: The C Subset

The Origins and History of C 4

C Is a Middle-Level Language 5

C Is a Structured Language 6

C Is a Programmer's Language 8

The Form of a C Program 9

The Library and Linking 10

Separate Compilation 12

Understanding the .C and .CPP File Extensions 12

2 Expressions 13

The Five Basic Data Types 14

Modifying the Basic Types 15

Identifier Names 16

Variables 17

The const and volatile Qualifiers 23

Storage Class Specifiers 25

Variable Initializations 31

Constants 32

Operators 35

Expressions 52

3 Statements 57

True and False in C and C++ 58

Selection Statements 59

Iteration Statements 70

Declaring Variables Within Selection and Iteration Statements 81

Jump Statements 82

Expression Statements 88

Block Statements 88

4 Arrays and Null-Terminated Strings 89

Single-Dimension Arrays 90

Generating a Pointer to an Array 92

Passing Single-Dimension Arrays to Functions 92

Null-Terminated Strings 94

Two-Dimensional Arrays 96

Multidimensional Arrays 101

Indexing Pointers 102

Array Initialization 105

5 Pointers 113

Pointer Variables 115

The Pointer Operators 115

Pointer Expressions 116

Pointers and Arrays 121

Multiple Indirection 123

Initializing Pointers 125

Pointers to Functions 126

C's Dynamic Allocation Functions 129

Problems with Pointers 131

6 Functions 137

The General Form of a Function 138

Scope Rules of Functions 138

Function Arguments 139

argc and argv

Arguments to main() 144

The return Statement 147

Recursion 153

Function Prototypes 155

Declaring Variable-Length Parameter Lists 158

Old-Style Versus Modern FunctionParameter Declarations 158

7 Structures, Unions, Enumerations, and User-Defined Types 161

Structures 162

Arrays of Structures 166

Passing Structures to Functions 167

Structure Pointers 169

Arrays and Structures Within Structures 173

Bit-Fields 174

Unions 176

Enumerations 180

Using sizeof to Ensure Portability 183

typedef 184

8 C-Style Console I/O 187

An Important Application Note 188

Reading and Writing Characters 189

Reading and Writing Strings 192

Formatted Console I/O 195

printf() 195

scanf() 203

9 File I/O 211

C Versus C++ File I/O 212

Streams and Files 212

Streams 212

Files 213

File System Basics 214

fread() and fwrite() 227

fseek() and Random-Access I/O 229

fprintf() and fscanf() 230

The Standard Streams 232

10 The Preprocessor and Comments 237

The Preprocessor 238

#define 238

#error 241

#include 242

Conditional Compilation Directives 242

#undef 246

Using defined 247

#line 248

#pragma 248

The # and ## Preprocessor Operators 248

Predefined Macro Names 250

Single-Line Comments 252

Part II C++

The Origins of C++ 256

What Is Object-Oriented Programming? 257

Some C++ Fundamentals 259

Old-Style vs. Modern C++ 267

Introducing C++ Classes 270

Function Overloading 275

Operator Overloading 278

Inheritance 278

Constructors and Destructors 283

The C++ Keywords 287

The General Form of a C++ Program 288

12 Classes and Objects 289

Structures and Classes Are Related 293

Unions and Classes Are Related 295

Friend Functions 297

Friend Classes 302

Inline Functions 303

Parameterized Constructors 307

Static Class Members 310

When Constructors and Destructors Are Executed 317

The Scope Resolution Operator 319

Nested Classes 319

Local Classes 320

Passing Objects to Functions 320

Returning Objects 323

Object Assignment 324

13 Arrays, Pointers, References, and the Dynamic Allocation Operators 325

Arrays of Objects 326

Pointers to Objects 329

Type Checking C++ Pointers 332

The this Pointer 332

Pointers to Derived Types 334

Pointers to Class Members 337

A Matter of Style 347

C++'s Dynamic Allocation Operators 347

14 Function Overloading, Copy Constructors, and Default Arguments 359

Function Overloading 360

Overloading Constructors 362

Copy Constructors 366

Finding the Address of an Overloaded Function 370

The overload Anachronism 371

Default Function Arguments 371

Function Overloading and Ambiguity 378

15 Operator Overloading 383

Creating a Member Operator Function 384

Operator Overloading Using a Friend Function 391

Overloading new and delete 398

Overloading Some Special Operators 407

Overloading the Comma Operator 414

16 Inheritance 417

Base-Class Access Control 418

Inheritance and protected Members 420

Inheriting Multiple Base Classes 425

Constructors, Destructors, and Inheritance 426

Granting Access 434

Virtual Base Classes 437

17 Virtual Functions and Polymorphism 443

Virtual Functions 444

The Virtual Attribute Is Inherited 448

Virtual Functions Are Hierarchical 450

Pure Virtual Functions 453

Using Virtual Functions 455

Early vs. Late Binding 458

18 Templates 459

Generic Functions 460

Applying Generic Functions 468

Generic Classes 472

The typename and export Keywords 484

The Power of Templates 485

19 Exception Handling 487

Exception Handling Fundamentals 488

Handling Derived-Class Exceptions 497

Exception Handling Options 498

Understanding terminate() and unexpected() 503

The uncaught_exception() Function 505

The exception and bad_exception Classes 506

Applying Exception Handling 506

20 The C++ I/O System Basics 509

Old vs. Modern C++ I/O 510

C++ Streams 511

The C++ Stream Classes 511

Formatted I/O 513

Overloading [double left angle bracket]and[double right angle bracket] 526

21 C++ File I/O 539

[left angle bracket]fstream[right angle bracket] and the File Classes 540

Opening and Closing a File 540

Reading and Writing Text Files 543

Unformatted and Binary I/O 545

More get() Functions 551

getline() 551

Detecting EOF 553

The ignore() Function 555

peek() and putback() 556

flush() 556

Random Access 557

I/O Status 561

Customized I/O and Files 563

22 Run-Time Type ID and the Casting Operators 567

Run-Time Type Identification (RTTI) 568

The Casting Operators 578

dynamic_cast 578

23 Namespaces, Conversion Functions, and Other Advanced Topics 591

Namespaces 592

The std Namespace 601

Creating Conversion Functions 603

const Member Functions and mutable 607

Volatile Member Functions 609

Explicit Constructors 610

The Member Initialization Syntax 611

Using the asm Keyword 616

Linkage Specification 617

Array-Based I/O 618

Summarizing the Differences Between C and C++ 626

24 Introducing the Standard Template Library 629

An Overview of the STL 630

The Container Classes 633

General Theory of Operation 634

Vectors 635

Lists 645

Algorithms 664

Using Function Objects 675

The string Class 683

Final Thoughts on the STL 695

Part III The Standard Function Library

25 The C-Based I/O Functions 699

26 The String and Character Functions 723

27 The Mathematical Functions 737

28 Time, Date, and Localization Functions 747

29 The Dynamic Allocation Functions 757

30 Utility Functions 761

31 The Wide-Character Functions 775

The Wide-Character Classification Functions 776

The Wide-Character I/O Functions 779

The Wide-Character String Functions 779

Wide-Character String Conversion Functions 779

Wide-Character Array Functions 782

Multibyte/Wide-Character Conversion Functions 783

Part IV The Standard C++ Class Library

32 The Standard C++ I/O Classes 787

The I/O Classes 788

The I/O Headers 790

The Format Flags and I/O Manipulators 791

Several Data Types 793

Overload [double left angle bracket]and[double right angle bracket] Operators 794

The General-Purpose I/O Functions 795

33 The STL Container Classes 811

The

Container Classes 812

34 The STL Algorithms 839

35 STL Iterators, Allocators, and Function Objects 861

Iterators 862

Function Objects 872

Allocators 879

36 The String Class 881

The basic_string Class 882

The char_traits Class 894

37 The Numeric Classes 897

The complex Class 898

The valarray Class 902

The Numeric Algorithms 920

38 Exception Handling and Miscellaneous Classes 925

Exceptions 926

auto_ptr 928

The pair Class 930

Localization 931

Other Classes of Interest 931

Part V Applying C++

39 Integrating New Classes: A Custom String Class 935

The StrType Class 936

The Constructors and Destructors 938

I/O on Strings 939

The Assignment Functions 941

Concatenation 942

Substring Subtraction 945

The Relational Operators 947

Miscellaneous String Functions 948

The Entire StrType Class 949

Using the StrType Class 958

Creating and Integrating New Types in General 961

A Challenge 961

40 Parsing Expressions 963

Expressions 964

Parsing Expressions: The Problem 965

Parsing an Expression 966

The Parser Class 968

Dissecting an Expression 969

A Simple Expression Parser 971

Adding Variables to the Parser 978

Syntax Checking in a Recursive-Descent Parser 988

Building a Generic Parser 989

A The .NET Managed Extensions to C++ 999

The .NET Keyword Extensions 1000

Preprocessor Extensions 1002

The attribute Attribute 1003

Compiling Managed C++ 1003

B C++ and the Robotics Age 1005.

Notes:

Incluye índice.

ISBN:

0072226803

OCLC:

56059988