Section I: C Fundamentals

Chapter Overview

Chapter 1: C++ Basics

Chapter 2: Console Input and Output

Chapter 3: Arrays, Strings, and Bitwise Operations

Chapter 4: Functions

Chapter 5: Decision Structures and Loops

Chapter 6: File Input and Output

Chapter 7: Exception Handling

Chapter 8: User-Defined Data Types

Chapter 9: Pointers

The purpose of this section is simply to lay down the foundations of C++. These are the core concepts in programming and in C++ that you will need throughout this book. Although the examples in this section are not as exciting as those in later sections, they are very important. If you do not master the topics in this section, you will be unable to master the rest of this book. At the end of this section, you should be able to write basic C++ programs. These first nine chapters represent the core of C++. You cannot even begin to consider yourself a programmer, much less a C++ programmer, if you do not master these first eight chapters.