Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction to C++ -- 1.1 Computer and Computer Languages -- 1.2 A Brief History of C++ -- 1.3 Major Additions from C to C++ -- 1.4 Some Advantages of C++ Over C -- 1.5 Range of Applications of C++ -- 1.6 Compilers for Programming with C++ -- 1.7 The C++ Standard Library -- 1.8 Program Development in C++ -- 1.9 Programming Techniques -- 1.10 Object Oriented Programming -- 1.11 Operator Overloading -- 1.12 Inheritance -- 1.13 Polymorphism -- 1.14 Number Systems -- 1.15 Bits and Bytes -- 1.16 Computer Performance -- Chapter 2. Structure of a C++ Program -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Components of a Simple C++ Program -- 2.3 Escape Sequences -- 2.4 Variable Declaration and Memory Allocation -- 2.5 Namespaces -- 2.6 User Interactive Programs -- 2.7 Formatting the Output -- 2.8 Function cin.getline() v/s cin -- Chapter 3. Fundamental Data types in C++ -- 3.1 Fundamental Data Types -- 3.2 Declaration of a Variable -- 3.3 Choosing an Identifier or Name for a Variable -- 3.4 Keywords -- 3.5 Size of Fundamental Data Types -- 3.6 Scope of Variables -- 3.7 Type Casting -- 3.8 THE typedef -- 3.9 THE typeid () Operator -- 3.10 Arithmetic Operations on Variables -- 3.11 Function swap() -- Chapter 4. Operators -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Assignment Operator -- 4.3 Arithmetic Operators -- 4.4 Composite Assignment Operators -- 4.5 Increment and Decrement Operators -- 4.6 Relational Operators -- 4.7 Boolean Operators -- 4.8 Bitwise Operators -- 4.9 Precedence of Operators -- Chapter 5. Selection Statements -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Conditional Expressions -- 5.3 The if Expression -- 5.4 The if...else Statement -- 5.5 Conditional Selection Operator ( ? : ) -- 5.6 The if … else Chains -- 5.7 Selection Expressions with Logic Operators -- 5.8 The switch Statement -- Chapter 6. Iteration -- 6.1 Introduction.

6.2 The while Statement -- 6.3 The Nested while Statements -- 6.4 Compound Conditions in a while (expression) -- 6.5 The do….while Loop -- 6.6 Endless while Loops -- 6.7 The for Loop -- 6.8 Compound Conditions in for (expression) -- 6.9 Nested for Loops -- 6.10 Generation of Random Numbers -- 6.11 The goto Statement -- 6.12 The Continue Statement -- 6.13 Input with a Sentinel -- Chapter 7. Functions -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 User Defined Functions -- 7.3 Function Prototype and Return Statement -- 7.4 Integration of a Function -- 7.5 Functions with Empty Parameter List -- 7.6 Function Overloading -- 7.7 The inline Functions -- 7.8 Use of #define for Macros -- 7.9 C++ Standard Library Functions -- 7.10 Passing Arguments by Value and by Reference -- 7.11 Recursive Functions -- Chapter 8. Arrays -- 8.1 Declaration of an Array -- 8.2 Accessing Elements of an Array -- 8.3 Input/Output of an Array -- 8.4 Searching a Value in an Array -- 8.5 Address of an Array -- 8.6 Arithmetic Operations on Array Elements -- 8.7 Sorting of Arrays -- 8.8 Finding the Maximum/Minimum Value in an Array -- 8.9 Passing an Array to a Function -- 8.10 Two Dimensional Arrays -- 8.11 Two Dimensional Arrays and Matrices -- 8.12 Three Dimensional Arrays (Arrays of Matrices) -- Chapter 9. Pointers -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Declaration of Pointers -- 9.3 Processing Data by Using Pointers -- 9.4 Pointer to Pointer -- 9.5 Pointers and Arrays -- 9.6 Array of Pointers to Arrays -- 9.7 Pointers to Multi-dimensional Arrays -- 9.8 Pointers to Functions -- 9.9 Array of Pointers to Functions -- 9.10 Pointer to Functions as Parameter of Another Function -- 9.11 The new AND delete -- 9.12 References -- 9.13 Passing Arguments by Value and by Reference -- 9.14 Passing Arguments Through Pointers -- 9.15 Pointer Arithmetic -- 9.16 Void Pointers -- 9.17 Summary of Pointer Declarations.

Chapter 10. C-Strings -- 10.1 Declaration of a C-String -- 10.2 Input/Output of C-Strings -- 10.3 Standard Functions for Manipulating String Elements -- 10.4 Conversion of C-String Characters into Other Types -- 10.5 Arrays of C-Strings -- 10.6 Standard Functions for Handling C-String Characters -- 10.7 Standard Functions for Manipulation of C-Strings -- 10.8 Memory Functions for C-Strings -- Chapter 11. Classes and Objects-1 -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Declaration of Class and Class Objects -- 11.3 Access Specifiers-Private, Protected and Public -- 11.4 Defining a Member Function Outside the Class -- 11.5 Initializing Private Data Members -- 11.6 Class with an Array as Data Member -- 11.7 Class with an Array of Strings as Data Member -- 11.8 Class Constructor and Destructor Functions -- 11.9 Type of Constructors -- 11.10 Accessing Private Function Members of a Class -- 11.11 Local Classes -- 11.12 Structures -- Chapter 12. Classes and Objects-2 -- 12.1 Friend Function to a Class -- 12.2 Friend Classes -- 12.3 Pointer to a Class -- 12.4 Pointers to Objects of a Class -- 12.5 Pointers to Function Members of a Class -- 12.6 Pointer to Data Member of a Class -- 12.7 Accessing Private Data of an Object Through Pointers -- 12.8 The this Pointer -- 12.9 Static Data Members of a Class -- 12.10 Static Function Member of a Class -- 12.11 Dynamic Memory Management for Class Objects -- 12.12 A Matrix Class -- 12.13 Linked Lists -- 12.14 Nested Classes -- Chapter 13. Operator Overloading -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Operators that May be Overloaded -- 13.3 Operator Overloading Functions -- 13.4 Addition of Complex Numbers -- 13.5 Overloading of +=and -= Operators -- 13.6 Overloading of Insertion (>) and /= Operators -- 13.7 Overloading of Increment and Decrement Operators (++ AND - -) -- 13.8 Dot Product of Vectors.

13.9 Overloading of Equality Operator (==) -- 13.10 Overloading of Index Operator [] -- Chapter 14. Inheritance -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Forms of Inheritances -- 14.3 Single Public Inheritance -- 14.4 Single Protected Inheritance -- 14.5 Single Private Inheritance -- 14.6 Multiple Inheritance -- 14.7 Multilevel Inheritance -- 14.8 Constructors and Destructors in Inheritance -- 14.9 Containment and Inheritance -- 14.10 Overloaded Operator Functions and Inheritance -- Chapter 15. Virtual Functions and Polymorphism -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Virtual Functions -- 15.3 Arrays of Base Class Pointers -- 15.4 Pure Virtual Functions and Abstract Class -- 15.5 Virtual Destructors -- 15.6 Virtual Base Class -- 15.7 Run-Time Type Information (RTTI) -- 15.8 New Casting Operators in C++ -- Chapter 16. Templates -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Function Templates -- 16.3 Function Template with Array as a Parameter -- 16.4 Function Templates with Multiple Type Arguments -- 16.5 Overloading of Template Functions -- 16.6 Class Templates -- 16.7 Friend Function Template to Class Template -- 16.8 Friend Class Template to a Class Template -- 16.9 Template Class for Complex Variables -- Chapter 17. C++ Strings -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Construction of C++ Strings -- 17.3 C++ String Class Functions -- 17.4 Applications of Some C++ String Class Functions -- 17.5 String Class Operators -- 17.6 Array of C++ Strings -- Chapter 18. String Handling -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 The try, throw and catch -- 18.3 Catch All Types of Exceptions -- 18.4 Exception Handling Function -- 18.5 Exception Specification -- 18.6 Rethrow an Exception -- 18.7 C++ Standard Library Exception Classes -- 18.8 Function terminate() and set_terminate() -- 18.9 Function unexpected() and set_unexpected() -- 18.10 The auto_ptr Class -- Chapter 19. Input/Output Streams and Working with Files.

19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 I/O Streams for Console Operations -- 19.3 Predefined Standard I/O Streams -- 19.4 Functions of and -- 19.5 Formatted I/O Operations with Manipulators -- 19.6 Formatting by Setting Flags and Bit Fields -- 19.7 Introduction to Files -- 19.8 File Stream Classes -- 19.9 File Input/Output Streams -- 19.10 Functions is_open(), get() and put() for Files -- 19.11 The Function open() and File Open Modes -- 19.12 File Pointers -- 19.13 Binary Files and ASCII Character Codes -- 19.14 Functions write() and read() for File Operations -- 19.15 File Operations for Class Objects -- 19.16 Random Access Files -- 19.17 Error Handling Functions -- Chapter 20. Namespaces and Preprocessor Directives -- 20.1 Introduction to Namespaces -- 20.2 Application of Namespaces -- 20.3 Directives using AND using namespace -- 20.4 Namespace Aliases -- 20.5 Extension of Namespaces -- 20.6 Nesting of Namespaces -- 20.7 The namespace std -- 20.8 Preprocessor Directives -- 20.9 Conditional Preprocessor Directives -- 20.10 Predefined Macros -- Chapter 21. Standard Template Library -- 21.1 Introduction -- 21.2 The Containers -- 21.3 Iterators -- 21.4 Sequence Containers -- 21.5 Associative Containers -- 21.6 Container Adapters: Stack, Queue and Priority Queue -- 21.7 Function Objects/Predicates -- 21.8 Predefined Predicates in C++ -- 21.9 Binder Functions -- Chapter 22. Sequence Containers-Vector, List and Deque -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Vector Class -- 22.3 Functions of Vector Class -- 22.4 Definition and Application of Iterators -- 22.5 Operators Supported by Vector Class -- 22.7 Functions and Operators Supported by List Class -- 22.8 Application of Some Functions of List Class -- 22.9 Functions and Operators Supported by Deque -- 22.10 Application of Some Functions Supported by Deque.

Chaptere 23. Associative Containers Set, multiset, map and multimap.