cout << first::var << endl;

cout << second::var << endl;

return 0;

C++ Summary
Structures
struct name {
type1 element1;
type2 element2;
...
} object_name;
// instance of name
name variable;
// var. of type name
variable.element1; // ref. of element
name* varp;
// pointer to structure
varp->element1; // member of structure
reached with a pointer

Console Input/Output
C++ console I/O
cout<<
console out, printing to screen
cin>>
console in, reading from keyboard
cerr<<
console error
clog<<
console log
cout<<Please enter an integer: ;
cin>>i;
cout<<num1: <<i<<\n<<endl;

Control Characters
\b backspace
\f form feed
\r return
\ apostrophe
\n newline
\t tab
\nnn character # nnn (octal)
\ quote
\NN character # NN (hexadecimal)

Functions
Passing Parameters by Value
function(int var);
// passed by value
Variable is passed into the function and can be
changed, but changes are not passed back.

Passing Parameters by Constant Value

function(const int var);
Variable is passed into the function but cannot be
changed inside the function.

Pass by Reference
function(int &var);
// pass by reference
Variable is passed into the function and can be
changed, changes are passed back.

Pass by Constant Reference

function(const int &var);
Variable cannot be changed in the function.

Default Parameter Values

int add(int a, int b=2) {
int r;
// b is 2, if
r=a+b; // no second parameter was given
return r;
}

Overloading Functions
Functions can have the same name as long as the
parameters are of different types. The return value
cannot be the only difference.
// takes and returns integers
int divide (int a, int b) {
return (a/b); }
// takes and returns floats
double divide (double a, double b) {
return (a/b); }
divide(10,2); // returns 5
divide(10.0,3.0); // returns 3.33333333

Namespaces
namespace identifier {
namespace-body;
}
namespace
first { int var = 5; }
namespace second { double var = 3.1416; }
int main () {

}
using namespace allows for the current nesting
level to use the appropriate namespace
using namespace identifier;
namespace
first { int var = 5; }
namespace second { double var = 3.1416; }
int main () {
using namespace second;
cout << var << endl;
cout << (var*2) << endl;
return 0;
}

Exceptions
try {
// code to be tried...
statements;
// if fails, exception is set
throw exception; // direct exception generation
}
catch ( type exception) {
// code in case of exception
statements;
}
catch() { }

Inheritance
class Person{
string name;
int birthYear;
public:
Person(string name, int birthYear) {
this->name=name;this->birthYear=birthYear;
}
void print() {cout<<name<<' '<<birthYear<<' ';}
void setBirthYear(int birthYear){
this->birthYear= birthYear;
}
};
class Employee: public Person{
int employmentYear;
public:
Employee(string name, int birthYear,
int employmentYear):Person(name, birthYear){
this->employmentYear= employmentYear;
}
void print(){ Person::print();
cout<<employmentYear<<endl;
}
void setEmploymentYear(int employmentYear){
this->employmentYear=employmentYear;
}
};

Class Syntax

int main() {

class classname {
public:
classname( parms); // constructor
~ classname(); // destructor
type member1;
type member2;
protected:
type member3;
...
private:
type member4;
} objectname;
// instance of classname

// constructor (initializes variables)

classname:: classname( parms) { }

Person p("Garfield", 1965);

p.print(); // Garfield 1965
cout<<endl;
Employee e("Ubul", 1964, 1965);
e.print(); // Ubul 1964 1965
return 0;

Visibility Of Members After Inheritance

public
inheritance
public
protected
private

public
protected
private

in base classs
protected
private
protected
protected
private

// destructor (deletes variables)

classname::~ classname() { }

Advanced Class Syntax

public members are accessible from anywhere

where the class is visible
private members are only accessible from
members of the same class or of a friend class
protected members are accessible from
members of the same class, members of the
derived classes and a friend class
constructors may be overloaded just like any
other function. You can define two identical
constructors with difference parameter lists

reinterpret_cast < newtype>( expression);

dynamic_cast < newtype>( expression);
static_cast < newtype>( expression);
const_cast < newtype>( expression);

Class Example
class CSquare { // class declaration
public:
void Init(float h, float w);
float GetArea(); // functions
private:
// available only to CSquare
float h,w;
};
void CSquare::Init(float hi, float wi){
h = hi; w = wi; }
float CSquare::GetArea() {
return (h*w); }
// example declaration and usage
CSquare theSquare;
theSquare.Init(8,5);
float area = theSquare.GetArea();
// or using a pointer to the class
CSquare *theSquare=new CSquare( );
theSquare->Init(8,5);
float area = theSquare->GetArea();
delete theSquare;

Class TypeCasting

Templates
Function templates
Definition of a function template:
template <class T>
T GetMax (T a, T b) {
return (a>b?a:b); // return the larger
}
void main () {
int a=9, b=2, c;
float x=5.3f, y=3.2f, z;
c=GetMax(a,b);
z=GetMax(x,y);
}

Class templates
template <class T>
class Pair {
T x,y;
public:
Pair(T a, T b) { x=a; y=b; }
Pair(Pair<T>& p) { x=p.x; y=p.y; }
T GetMax();
};

template <class T>

T Pair<T>::GetMax()
{
T ret;
ret = x>y?x:y; // return larger
return ret;
}

writing, the device is not the console, it is the file.

cout is replaced with the file handle.

int main () {
Pair <int> theMax (80, 45);
cout << theMax.GetMax();
return 0;
}

The operator >> can be used to read from a file. It

works similar to cin. Fields are separated in the
file by spaces.

How to create a class template from a class:

Replace "class Pair" with "template <class

T> class Pair" starting the class definition

Replace the exact type with the template

parameter name within class and method
definitions, eg.: int Q T

For methods defined outside the class

definition replace
int Pair::GetMax() {} Q template <class
T> T Pair<T>::GetMax() {}

Replace the class name with the class name

decorated with the template parameters
wherever the class is used as parameter or
return value:
Pair(Pair& p) { x=p.x; y=p.y; } Q
Pair(Pair<T>& p) { x=p.x; y=p.y; }

char c;
while(f>>c) // Read while not error
{
cout<<c; // Process c
}

File I/O

Stream Pointers

ofstream f;
// create file handle
f.open(output.txt)
// open file
f <<Hello World\n<<a<<b<<c<<endl;

Reading From a File (Text Mode)

ifstream f("c:\\adat.txt"); // Open file

I/O State Flags

Flags are set if errors or other conditions occur.
The following functions are members of the file
object
handle.bad() returns true if a failure occurs in
reading or writing
handle.fail() returns true for same cases as
bad() plus if formatting errors occur
handle.eof() returns true if the end of the file
reached when reading
handle.good() returns false if any of the above
were true

Deallocate Memory
Syntax: delete pointer; or delete[] pointer;
delete ptr; // delete a single int
delete [] ptr // delete array

Class Reference
Friend Classes/Functions
class CSquare;
// declare CSquare
class CRectangle {
int width, height;
public:
void convert (CSquare a);
};
class CSquare {
// we want to use the
private:
// convert function in
int side;
// the CSquare class, so
public:
// use the friend keyword
void set_side (int a) { side=a; }
friend class CRectangle;
};
void CRectangle::convert (CSquare a) {
width = a.side; // access private member of
height = a.side; // a friend class
}
CSquare sqr;
CRectangle rect;
sqr.set_side(4);
rect.convert(sqr);

// convert can be
// used by the
// rectangle class

Friend Classes/Functions

using namespace std;

handle.tellg() returns pointer to current location

when reading a file
handle.tellp() returns pointer to current location
when writing a file
to seek a position in reading a file:
handle.seekg( position);
handle.seekg( offset, direction);

File Handles
A file must have a file handle (pointer to the file) to
access the file.

to seek a position in writing a file:

handle.seekp( position);
handle.seekp( offset, direction);

ifstream infile; // create handle called infile

ofstream outfile; // a handle for writing
fstream f;
// handle for read/write

direction can be one of the following:

ios::beg beginning of the stream
ios::cur current position of the stream pointer
ios::end end of the stream

The CSquare class with the friend keyword

authorizes the CRectangle class and the Change
global function to access its private and protected
members:

File I/O is done from fstream, ofstream, and

ifstream classes.
#include <fstream> // read/write file
#include <ofstream> // write file
#include <ifstream> // read file

Opening Files
After declaring a file handle, the following syntax
can be used to open the file
void open(const char * fname, ios::mode);
fname should be a string, specifying an absolute
or relative path, including filename. ios:: mode
can be any number of the following:
ate
Initial position: end of file
app
Output is appended at the end
trunk
Existing file is erased
binary
Binary mode
in
out
out |
trunc
out |
app
in | out

Reads (file must exist)

Empties and writes (creates file if it
doesnt exist)
Empties and writes (creates file if it
doesnt exist)
Appends (creates file if it doesnt exist)

Binary Files
buffer is a location to store the characters,
numbytes is the number of bytes to written or
read.
write(const char * buffer, numbytes);
read(char * buffer, numbytes);

Output Formatting
streamclass f;
// declare file handle
f.flags(ios_base:: flag) // set output flags
possible flags:
dec fixed hex oct scientific internal left right
uppercase boolalpha showbase showpoint
showpos skipws unitbuf
adjustfield left | right | internal
basefield dec | oct | hex
floatfield scientific | fixed

Reads and writes; initial position is the

beginning (file must exist)
in | out
Empties, reads, and writes (creates file
| trunc
if it doesnt exist)
ifstream f; // open input file example
f.open(input.txt, ios::in);
ofstream f; // open for writing in binary
f.open(out.txt, ios::out | ios::binary
| ios::app);

f.fill()
get fill character
f.fill(ch)
set fill character ch
f.precision( numdigits) sets the precision for
floating point numbers to numdigits
f.put( c)
put a single char into output stream
f.setf( flag) sets a flag
f.setf( flag, mask) sets a flag w/value
f.width() returns the current number of
characters to be written
f.width(n) sets the number of chars to be written

Closing a File
A file can be closed by calling the handles close
function f.close();

Dynamic Memory in C++

Writing To a File (Text Mode)

The operator << can be used to write to a file. Like
cout, a stream can be opened to a device. For file

Allocate Memory
Syntax: pointer = new type [ size];
int *ptr;
// declare a pointer
ptr = new int;
// create a new instance
ptr = new int [5];
// new array of ints

class CSquare;
// declare CSquare
class CRectangle {
int width, height;
public:
void convert (CSquare a);
};

class CSquare {
private:
int side;
public:
void set_side (int a) { side=a; }
friend class CRectangle;
friend void Change(CSquare s);
};
void CRectangle::convert (CSquare a) {
width = a.side; // the private member side of
height = a.side; // CSquare is accessed here
}
void Change(CSquare s)
{
s.side += 5; // the private member side of
// CSquare is accessed here
}

Constructor calling order

1.
2.
3.

4.

Calling virtual base class

constructor(s)
Calling direct, non-virtual base class
constructor(s)
Constructing own parts
a.
Setting pointers to virtual
base class parts
b.
Setting pointers of VFT
c.
Calling constructors of
aggregated parts
User-defined parts of the constructors

Destructor calling order

1.
2.
3.
4.

User-defined parts of the destructor

Destructor(s) of aggregated
components
Calling direct, non-virtual base class
destructor(s)
Calling virtual base class destructor(s)