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Schildt's Classic C++Reference - Now Updated to include the new features of the C++Standard.
The International Standard for C++ added many new libraries, keywords, and features to C++ -- Learn about them all in this completely revised and updated Third Edition of Herb Schildt's outstanding classic. In carefully organized chapters, you'll find expertly-crafted explanations, insider tips, and hundreds of examples that describe and demonstrate every aspect of C++. And just as you'd expect, everything is presented in the clear, uncompromising style that has made Herb the choice of millions.
Whether you are a newcomer just learning C++ or an experienced pro coming up to speed on the new International Standard, you'll find C++: The Complete Reference a lasting resource that will help you maximize your programming efforts. You'd expect nothing less from Herb Schildt, the world's leading programming author. Covering the entire C++ language, the book is organized into five parts: the C subset -- foundations of C++, C++, C++ Object Oriented features, the C++ Function Library, the C++ Class Library, and Applications.
You'll find these topics and more inside:
- Classes and objects
- Constructors and deconstructors
- Virtual functions and inheritance
- The modern forms of new and delete
- Function overloading
- Operator overloading
- Runtime type ID (RTTI)
- Namespaces
- Templates
- Exception handling
- The new casting operators
- The new I/O library
- The Standard Template Library (STL)
- Algorithms, iterators, and predicates
- The principles of Object Oriented Programming
Synopsis
Author Herb Schildt is the world's best-selling C++ author with more
than 2 million books sold. The most complete coverage of the newly
updated ANSI C++ Standard--including updated material on the STL,
namespace naming methods, an new classes. An easy-to-follow, three-part
organization: I) Description of the root of C++; II) Detailed coverage
of C++'s OOP components and classes; III) Effective C++ software
application development.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Foundtion of C++: The C Subset.
An Overview of C.
Expressions.
Statements.
Arrays and Null-Terminated Strings.
Pointers.
Functions.
Structures, Unions, Enumerations, and User-Defined Types.
C-Style Console I/O.
File I/O.
The Preprocessor and Comments.
Part II: C++.
The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
Wireless Communications.
Voice Processing Systems.
Modems, Facsimiles and Fax-on-Demand.
Videoconferencing.
Computer Telephony Integration.
CATV and Telephony.
Vendors. C++ File I/O.
Run-Time Type ID and the Casting Operators.
Namespaces, Conversion Functions, and Other Advanced Topics.
Introducting the Standard Template Library.
Part III: The Standard Function Library.
The C-Based I/O Functions.
The String and Character Functions.
The Mathematical Functions.
Time, Date, and Localization Functions.
The Dynamic Allocation Functions.
Utility Functions.
The Wide-Character Functions.
(and more...)