Table of Contents

1: The Story of C++ 2: An Overview of C++ 3: The Basic Data Types 4: Program Control Statements 5: Arrays and Strings 6: Pointers 7: Functions, Part One: The Fundamentals 8: Functions, Part Two: References, Overloading, and Default Arguments 9: More Data Types and Operators 10: Structures and Unions 11: Introducing the Class 12: A Closer Look at Classes 13: Operator Overloading 14: Inheritance 15: Virtual Functions and Polymorphism 16: Templates 17: Exception Handling 18: The C++ I/O System 19: Run-Time Type ID and the Casting Operators 20: Namespaces and Other Advanced Topics 21: Introducing the Standard Template Library 22: The C++ Preprocessor A: C-Based I/O B: Working with an Older C++ Compiler C: The .NET Managed Extensions to C++

About the Author

Herbert Schildt is a world leading programming author.  He is an authority on the C, C++, Java, and C# programming languages, and a master Windows programmer. His programming books have sold more than three million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous best sellers including C: The Complete Reference, Java 2: The Complete Reference, Java 2: A Beginner's Guide, C#: A Beginner's Guide, and many more.  Schildt holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois.