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