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Cover Page

C++ Primer Fifth Edition

Title Page

Contents

New Features in C++11

Preface

Why Read This Book

Changes to the Fifth Edition

Structure of This Book

Aids to the Reader

A Note about Compilers

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Writing a Simple C++ Program

A First Look at Input/Output

A Word about Comments

Flow of Control

Introducing Classes

The Bookstore Program

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Part I: The Basics

Chapter 2. Variables and Basic Types

Primitive Built-In Types

Variables

Compound Types

const Qualifier

Dealing with Types

Defining Our Own Data Structures

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 3. Strings, Vectors, and Arrays

Namespace using Declarations

Library string Type

Library vector Type

Introducing Iterators

Arrays

Multidimensional Arrays

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 4. Expressions

Fundamentals

Arithmetic Operators

Logical and Relational Operators

Assignment Operators

Increment and Decrement Operators

The Member Access Operators

The Conditional Operator

The Bitwise Operators

The sizeof Operator

Comma Operator

Type Conversions

Operator Precedence Table

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 5. Statements

Simple Statements

Statement Scope

Conditional Statements

Iterative Statements

Jump Statements

try Blocks and Exception Handling

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 6. Functions

Function Basics

Argument Passing

Return Types and the return Statement

Overloaded Functions

Features for Specialized Uses

Function Matching

Pointers to Functions

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 7. Classes

Defining Abstract Data Types

Access Control and Encapsulation

Additional Class Features

Class Scope

Constructors Revisited

Static Class Members

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Part II: The C++ Library

Chapter 8. The IO Library

The IO Classes

File Input and Output

string Streams

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 9. Sequential Containers

Overview of the Sequential Containers

Container Library Overview

Sequential Container Operations

How a vector Grows

Additional string Operations

Container Adaptors

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 10. Generic Algorithms

Overview

A First Look at the Algorithms

Customizing Operations

Revisiting Iterators

Structure of Generic Algorithms

Container-Specific Algorithms

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 11. Associative Containers

Using an Associative Container

Overview of the Associative Containers

Operations on Associative Containers

The Unordered Containers

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 12. Dynamic Memory

Dynamic Memory and Smart Pointers

Dynamic Arrays

Using the Library: A Text-Query Program

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Part III: Tools for Class Authors

Chapter 13. Copy Control

Copy Assign and Destroy

Copy Control and Resource Management

Swap

A Copy-Control Example

Classes That Manage Dynamic Memory

Moving Objects

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 14. Overloaded Operations and Conversions

Basic Concepts

Input and Output Operators

Arithmetic and Relational Operators

Assignment Operators

Subscript Operator

Increment and Decrement Operators

Member Access Operators

Function-Call Operator

Overloading Conversions and Operators

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 15. Object-Oriented Programming

OOP: An Overview

Defining Base and Derived Classes

Virtual Functions

Abstract Base Classes

Access Control and Inheritance

Class Scope Under Inheritance

Constructors and Copy Control

Containers and Inheritance

Text Queries Revisited

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 16. Templates and Generic Programming

Defining a Template

Template Argument Deduction

Overloading and Templates

Variadic Templates

Template Specializations

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Part IV: Advanced Topics

Chapter 17. Specialized Library Facilities

The tuple Type

The bitset Type

Regular Expressions

Random Numbers

The IO Library Revisited

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 18. Tools for Large Programs

Exception Handling

Namespaces

Multiple and Virtual Inheritance

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Chapter 19. Specialized Tools and Techniques

Controlling Memory Allocation

Run-Time Type Identification

Enumerations

Pointer to Class Member

Nested Classes

union: A Space-Saving Class

Local Classes

Inherently Non-Portable Features

Chapter Summary

Defined Terms

Appendix A. The Library

A.1. Library Names and Headers

A.2. A Brief Tour of the Algorithms

A.2.1 Algorithms to Find an Object

A.2.2 Other Read-Only Algorithms

A.2.3 Binary Search Algorithms

A.2.4 Algorithms That Write Container Elements

A.2.5 Partitioning and Sorting Algorithms

A.2.6 General Reordering Operations

A.2.7 Permutation Algorithms

A.2.8 Set Algorithms for Sorted Sequences

A.2.9 Minimum and Maximum Values

A.2.10 Numeric Algorithms

A.3. Random Numbers

A.3.1 Random Number Distributions

A.3.2 Random Number Engines

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