Your Fast-Paced Guide to C++ Success!

No one teaches C++ better than Herb Schildt. That's why his books are the choice of millions worldwide. Now you, too, can quickly master C++ using his proven method. In this fully updated new edition, Herb explains the C++ language, from its fundamentals to its most advanced features. You'll start with an overview of C++ and the general form of a C++ program. You'll then learn essentials such as control statements, operators, variables, classes, and objects. Then it's on to exceptions, templates, namespaces, run-time type ID, and the Standard Template Library (STL). There is even a synopsis of the extended keywords used for .NET programming--all presented in Herb's clear, crisp, uncompromising style.

You will learn about:

• The general form of a C++ program
• Data types, operators, and expressions
• Control statements
• Functions
• Pointers and references
• Classes and objects
• Function and operator overloading
• Constructors and destructors
• Templates
• Exception handling
• Inheritance
• Virtual functions
• The C++ I/O system
• Run-time type ID
• Namespaces
• The Standard Template Library (STL)
• Object-oriented programming (OOP) principles
• And much, much more!