C++: The Complete Reference

Herbert Schildt0078824761, 9780078824760, 9780072132939

Best-selling genius Herb Schildt covers everything from keywords, syntax, and libraries, to advanced features such as overloading, inheritance, virtual functions, namespaces, templates, and RTTI’plus, a complete description of the Standard Template Library (STL).

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Table of contents :
C++: Complete Reference (3rd Ed.)……Page 1
About the Author……Page 3
Copyright……Page 5
Contents at a Glance……Page 6
Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 30
Part1 Foundation of C++: C Subset……Page 34
Ch1 Overview of C……Page 36
Ch2 Expressions……Page 46
Ch3 Statements……Page 90
Ch4 Arrays & Null-Terminated Strings……Page 122
Ch5 Pointers……Page 146
Ch6 Functions……Page 170
Ch7 Structures, Unions, Enumerations & User-Defined Types……Page 194
Ch8 C-Style Console I/O……Page 220
Ch9 File I/O……Page 244
Ch10 Preprocessor & Comments……Page 270
Part2 C++……Page 286
Ch11 Overview of C++……Page 288
Ch12 Classes & Objects……Page 322
Ch13 Arrays, Pointers, References & Dynamic Allocation Operators……Page 360
Ch14 Function Overloading, Copy Constructors & Default Arguments……Page 394
Ch15 Operator Overloading……Page 418
Ch16 Inheritance……Page 452
Ch17 Virtual Functions & Polymorphism……Page 478
Ch18 Templates……Page 494
Ch19 Exception Handling……Page 522
Ch20 C++ I/O System Basics……Page 544
Ch21 C++ File I/O……Page 574
Ch22 Run-Time Type ID & Casting Operators……Page 602
Ch23 Namespaces, Conversion Functions & other Advanced Topics……Page 626
Ch24 Introducing STL……Page 658
Part3 Standard Function Library……Page 726
Ch25 C-Based I/O Functions……Page 728
Ch26 String & Character Functions……Page 752
Ch27 Mathematical Functions……Page 766
Ch28 Time, Date & Localization Functions……Page 776
Ch29 Dynamic Allocation Functions……Page 786
Ch30 Utility Functions……Page 790
Ch31 Wide-Character Functions……Page 804
Part4 Standard C++ Class Library……Page 814
Ch32 Standard C++ I/O Classes……Page 816
Ch33 STL Container Classes……Page 840
Ch34 STL Algorithms……Page 868
Ch35 STL Iterators, Allocators & Function Objects……Page 890
Ch36 String Class……Page 910
Ch37 Numeric Classes……Page 926
Ch38 Exception Handling & Miscellaneous Classes……Page 954
Part5 Applying C++……Page 962
Ch39 Integrating New Classes: Custom String Class……Page 964
Ch40 Object-Oriented Expression Parser……Page 992
Index……Page 1028