Accelerated C++

Preface. 0. Getting Started. Comments. #include. The Main Function. Curly Braces. Using the Standard Library for Output. The Return Statement. A Slightly Deeper Look. Details. 1. Working with Strings. Input. Framing a Name. Details. 2. Looping and Counting. The Problem. Overall Structure. Writing an Unknown Number of Rows. Writing a Row. The Complete Framing Program. Counting. Details. 3. Working with Batches of Data. Computing Student Grades. Using Medians Instead of Averages. Details. 4.Organizing Programs and Data. Organizing computations. Organizing Data. Putting it All Together. Partitioning the Grading Program. The Revised Grading Program. Details. 5. Using Sequential Containers and Analyzing Strings. Separating Students into Categories. Iterators. Using Iterators Instead of Indices. Rethinking Our Data Structure for Better Performance. The List Type. Taking Strings Apart. Testing Our Split Function. Putting Strings Together. Details. 6. Using Library Algorithms. Analyzing Strings. Comparing Grading Schemes. Classifying Students, Revisited. Algorithms, Containers, and Iterators. Details. 7. Using Associative Containers. Containers that Support Efficient Look-Up. Counting Words. Generating a Cross-Reference Table. Generating Sentences. A Note on Performance. Details. 8. Writing Generic Functions. What is a Generic Function? Data-Structure Independence. Input and Output Iterators. Using Iterators for Flexibility. Details. 9. Defining New Types. Student_info revisited. Class Types. Protection. The Student_info class. Constructors. Using the Student_info class. Details. 10. Managing Memory and Low-Level Data Structures. Pointers and Arrays. String Literals Revisited. Initializing Arrays of Character Pointers. Arguments to Main. Reading and Writing Files. Three Kinds of Memory Management. Details. 11. Defining Abstract Data Types. The Vec Class. Implementing the Vec Class. Copy Control. Dynamic Vecs. Flexible Memory Management. Details. 12. Making Class Objects Act

Andrew Koenig is a member of the Large-Scale Programming Research Department at AT&T's Shannon Laboratory, and the Project Editor of the C++ standards committee. A programmer for more than 30 years, 15 of them in C++, he has published more than 150 articles about C++, and speaks on the topic worldwide. Barbara E. Moo is an independent consultant with 20 years' experience in the software field. During her nearly 15 years at AT&T, she worked on one of the first commercial products ever written in C++, managed the company's first C++ compiler project, and directed the development of AT&T's award-winning WorldNet Internet service business. 0