Index_F

F

Fibonacci sequence, 265–267

FIFO, 252

Files. See Flat files

File view tab, 340

Fill(x), 39

Find method of String class, 318

Flags, 39–40

Mouse Move flags, 321

Flat files

defined and described, 117

input (ifstream), 121–124

output (ofstream), 121, 124–125

sequential files, 126–130

Float, data type

class inheritance and, 214–217

Floatfield flag, 40

Floats, data type, 9, 37

For loops, 107–112

declaration of, 108

mistakes in, 399

Formatting

escape characters for, 27–31

Formatting text, 39–41

Form feed, escape code for, 27

Functions

built-in functions, 79–83

built-in functions of VisualC++, 313–318

in classes, 185

creating and calling, 67–72

declaration of, 185

defined, 15

defined and described, 18, 65–67

implementation of, 230–231

main functions, 15–16

math operations, 83

naming conventions, 18

overloading, 72–74, 200

overloading vs. overriding (overwriting), 230

overriding (overwriting), 230–233, 236–238

parameters of, 65–67

passing by reference, 76–79

pointers to, 173–176

prototypes of, 67–68, 74–76

random number generation, 88–90

return type, 18

rules for writing, 67–68

virtual function, 224–227

see also Specific Methods