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C Primer Plus (5th Edition)

ISBN: 0672326965
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2000
Pages: 286

Authors: Stephen Prata

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• Start
• Table of Contents
• Cover
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• Tell us What you Think
• Introduction
• Philosophy, Goals, and Audience
• How This Book Is Organized
• Conventions
• C On The Internet
• Contacting the Author
• 1. Computers and Computer Programming: Basic Concepts
• C Is an Object-Oriented Programming Language
• Hardware
• Software
• Summary
• Review Questions
• 2. Your First C Program
• Software Development
• The Software Development Process
• Algorithms and Pseudocode
• The Three Different Types of Errors
• Object-Oriented Programming: A First Encounter
• Software Reuse
• The Assembly, the Basic Unit of Code Reuse in .NET
• The .NET Framework Class Library
• C: History and Design Goals
• C s Background
• C s Design Goals
• What Kind of Programs Can I Write with C?
• The Mechanics of Creating a C Program
• Before Getting Started
• Choosing a Text Editor
• The Seven Steps to Writing a Simple C Program
• A Brief Source Code Analysis
• Note on Syntax Errors and Compilers
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 3. A Guided Tour Through C: Part I
• Introduction
• Abstraction and Encapsulation
• An Interactive Hello World Program
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 4. A Guided Tour Through C: Part II
• Introduction
• Essential Elements of SimpleCalculator.cs
• Simplifying Your Code with Methods
• Methods As Building Blocks: Encapsulating Your Helper Methods with the private keyword
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 5. Your First Object - Oriented C Program
• Introduction
• Lexical Structure
• Some Thoughts on Elevator Simulations
• Concepts, Goals and Solutions in an Elevator Simulation Program: Collecting Valuable Statistics for Evaluating an Elevator System
• Object-Oriented Programming: A Practical Example
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 6. Types Part I: The Simple Types
• Introduction
• Types in C: An Overview
• Simple Types
• The Blipos Clock
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 7. Types Part II: Operators, Enumerators, and Strings
• Introduction
• Arithmetic Operators and Numerical Expressions
• Associativity
• Parentheses and Precedence
• The Modulus Operator ()
• Unary Operators
• Determining the Type of an Expression
• Combining Different Types in One Expression
• Accessing the Metadata of a Component: A Brief Introduction
• Enumerated Constants
• Enumerator Operators
• Conversions
• The Methods of System.Enum
• Characters and Text
• The char Type
• The string Type
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 8. Flow of Control Part I: Branching Statements and Related Concepts
• Introduction to Flow of Control
• Branching with the if Statement
• Comparison Operators and Boolean Expressions
• Nested if Statements
• Multibranch if-else Statements
• Logical Operators
• The Scope of Variables
• The goto Statement
• The switch Statement
• The Conditional Operator
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 9. Flow of Control Part II: Iteration Statements
• Traversing, Analyzing, and Generating Sequences of Data
• The while Loop Statement
• The do-while Loop Statement
• The for Loop Statement
• The Jump Statements break and continue
• Structured Programming and Structured Constructs
• Combination Assignment Operators
• Nested Iteration Statements
• Programming Exercises
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 10. Arrays Part I: Array Essentials
• Declaring and Defining an Array
• Accessing Individual Array Elements
• Array Indexes Out of Range
• Adjusting for the Zero-Based Array Index
• Initializing Arrays
• Traversing an Entire Array with the foreach Statement
• System.Array Is a Reference Type
• Arrays and Equality
• Arrays and Methods
• A Method to Perform Array Value Equality Comparisons
• Command Line Arguments
• Using Arrays As Return Values from Methods
• Array Elements Referencing Objects
• Arrays As Instance Variables in Classes
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 11. Arrays Part II: Multidimensional Arrays - searching and Sorting Arrays
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Arrays of More Than Two Dimensions
• The Built-In Methods of System.Array
• Special Array Techniques
• Searching
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 12. Class Anatomy Part I: ststic Class Members and Method Adventures
• The Anatomy of a Class: Overview
• Data Members
• Function Members
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 13. Class Anatomy Part II: Object Creation and Garbage Collection
• Instance Constructors
• static Constructors
• The readonly Member
• Garbage Collection: Automatic Dynamic Memory Management
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 14. Class Anatomy Part III: Writing Intuitive Code
• Properties
• Indexers: Using Objects Like Arrays
• Operator Overloading
• User-Defined Implicit and Explicit Conversions
• Nested Types
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 15. Namespaces, Compilation Units, and Assemblies
• Defining Your Own Namespaces
• The Global Nameless Namespace
• Namespaces and Compilation Units
• Nested Namespaces
• Namespace Syntax
• More About the using Directive
• Compile Units, Namespaces, and Assemblies
• Exploring Assemblies with the Ildasm Utility
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 16. Inheritance Part I: Basic Concepts
• The Need for Inheritance
• Inheritance Fundamentals
• Access Modifiers and Inheritance
• Derived Class Constructors
• Indexers Are Also Inherited and Can Be Overridden
• Calling an Overridden Function in the Base Class
• Reusing the .NET Framework Class Library with Inheritance
• Multiple Levels of Derived Classes
• Method Overriding and Overloading Are Different Mechanisms
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 17. Inheritance Part II: abstract Functions, Polymorphism, and Interfaces
• abstract Methods, Properties, Indexers, and Classes
• Polymorphism
• Losing and Regaining Type Information
• System.Object: The Ultimate Base Class
• Method hiding
• Versioning with the new and override Keywords
• Multiple inheritance
• Interfaces
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 18. Structs
• Defining a Struct
• Boxing and Unboxing
• Creating Structs with and without new
• Value Types and Reference Types
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 19. Exception Handling
• Exception Handling: A Brief Overview
• Life without try-catch-finally
• The try and catch blocks
• Catching the Exception Object Farther up the Function Call Chain
• Multiple catch Blocks
• The finally Block
• Nested try Blocks
• throw: Explicitly Throwing Exceptions
• Writing Custom Exceptions
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 20. Delegates and Events
• Delegates
• Events
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 21. Preprocessing, XML Documentation, and Attributes
• Preprocessor Directives
• XML Documentation
• Attributes
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 22. File IO Basics
• The Need for Files
• Stream Basics and File IO
• File IO Classes: An Overview
• The FileInfo Class
• Text File Input and Output with StreamReader and StreamWriter
• Binary Input and Output with the FileStream Class
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• 23. Recursion Fundamentals
• Pending Method Instances of Different Methods
• Pending Method Instances of the Same Method
• Putting Recursion to Work: Calculating n Factorial
• Recursion and Iteration
• Binary Search Using Recursion
• Summary
• Review Questions
• Programming Exercises
• Appendix A. Answers to Quizzes and Exercises
• Answers to Chapter 1 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 2 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 3 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 4 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 5 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 6 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 7 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 8 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 9 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 10 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 11 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 12 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 13 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 14 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 15 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 16 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 17 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 18 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 19 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 20 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 21 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 22 Review Questions
• Answers to Chapter 23 Review Questions