Your Ultimate "How-To" Guide to C++ Programming!

Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite programming techniques in this high-powered C++ "cookbook." Organized for quick reference, each "recipe" shows how to accomplish a practical programming task. A recipe begins with a list of key ingredients (classes, functions, and headers) followed by step-by-step instructions that show how to assemble them into a complete solution. Detailed discussions explain the how and why behind each step, and a full code example puts the recipe into action. Each recipe ends with a list of options and alternatives that suggest ways to adapt the technique to fit a variety of situations. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pro, you'll find recipes that are sure to satisfy your C++ programming appetite!

Topics include:

String Handling · Standard Template Library (STL) Containers · Algorithms · Function Objects · Binders · Negators · Adaptors · Iterators · I/O · Formatting Data

Learn how to:

• Tokenize a null-terminated string


• Create a search and replace function for strings


• Implement subtraction for string objects


• Use the vector, deque, and list sequence containers


• Use the container adaptors stack, queue, and priority_queue


• Use the map, multimap, set, and multiset associative containers


• Reverse, rotate, and shuffle a sequence


• Create a function object


• Use binders, negators, and iterator adapters


• Read and write files


• Use stream iterators to handle file I/O


• Use exceptions to handle I/O errors


• Create custom inserters and extractors


• Format date, time, and numeric data


• Use facets and the localization library


• Overload the [ ], ( ), and -> operators


• Create an explicit constructor


• And much, much more