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C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis To Program Design: Chapter 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

This document discusses processing C++ programs from creation to execution. It explains that a C++ source program is created using an editor, preprocessed using directives like #include, compiled to check for errors and translate to machine code, linked with other programs, loaded into memory, and executed. It emphasizes that programming involves analyzing problems, designing algorithms to solve them, coding the solutions, debugging errors, and running the working program. An example algorithm for calculating the perimeter and area of a rectangle is provided.

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C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis To Program Design: Chapter 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages

This document discusses processing C++ programs from creation to execution. It explains that a C++ source program is created using an editor, preprocessed using directives like #include, compiled to check for errors and translate to machine code, linked with other programs, loaded into memory, and executed. It emphasizes that programming involves analyzing problems, designing algorithms to solve them, coding the solutions, debugging errors, and running the working program. An example algorithm for calculating the perimeter and area of a rectangle is provided.

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C++ Programming: From

Problem Analysis to Program


Design, Fifth Edition
Chapter 1: An Overview of
Computers and Programming
Languages

The Evolution of Programming


Languages (cont'd.)

High-level languages include Basic,


FORTRAN, COBOL, Pascal, C, C++, C#, and
Java
Compiler: translates a program written in a
high-level language machine language

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

Processing a C++ Program


#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout << "My first C++ program." << endl;
return 0;
}

Sample Run:
My first C++ program.

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

Processing a C++ Program


(cont'd.)

To execute a C++ program:

Use an editor to create a source program in C++


Preprocessor directives begin with # and are
processed by a the preprocessor
Use the compiler to:

Check that the program obeys the rules


Translate into machine language (object program)

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

Processing a C++ Program


(cont'd.)

To execute a C++ program (cont'd.):

Linker:

Loader:

Combines object program with other programs provided


by the SDK to create executable code
Loads executable program into main memory

The last step is to execute the program

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

Processing a C++ Program


(cont'd.)

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

Programming with the Problem


AnalysisCodingExecution Cycle

Programming is a process of problem solving

One problem-solving technique:

Analyze the problem

Outline the problem requirements

Design steps (algorithm) to solve the problem

Algorithm:

Step-by-step problem-solving process

Solution achieved in finite amount of time

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

The Problem AnalysisCoding


Execution Cycle (contd.)

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

The Problem AnalysisCoding


Execution Cycle (cont'd.)

Run code through compiler


If compiler generates errors

If there are no syntax errors

Look at code and remove errors


Run code again through compiler
Compiler generates equivalent machine code

Linker links machine code with system


resources

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design, Fifth Edition

The Problem AnalysisCoding


Execution Cycle (cont'd.)

Once compiled and linked, loader can place


program into main memory for execution
The final step is to execute the program
Compiler guarantees that the program follows
the rules of the language

Does not guarantee that the program will run


correctly

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Example 1-1

Design an algorithm to find the perimeter and


area of a rectangle
The perimeter and area of the rectangle are
given by the following formulas:
perimeter = 2 * (length + width)
area = length * width

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Example 1-1 (cont'd.)

Algorithm:

Get length of the rectangle

Get width of the rectangle

Find the perimeter using the following equation:


perimeter = 2 * (length + width)

Find the area using the following equation:


area = length * width

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