Starting Out with C++ from Control Structures to Objects, 8th Edition

This text is intended for either a one-semester accelerated introductory course or a traditional two-semester sequence covering C++ programming. It is also suitable for readers interested in a comprehensive introduction to C++ programming.

Tony Gaddis’s accessible, step-by-step presentation helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and the C++ programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the “how” and the “why”—but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is both gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students understand the logic behind developing high-quality programs.

In Starting Out with C++: From Control Structures through Objects, Gaddis covers control structures, functions, arrays, and pointers before objects and classes. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter.

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This program presents a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. It will help:

• Personalize Learning with MyProgrammingLab: Through the power of practice and immediate personalized feedback, MyProgrammingLab helps students fully grasp the logic, semantics, and syntax of programming.
• Enhance Learning with the Gaddis Approach: Gaddis’s accessible approach features clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise real-world examples, and exercises in every chapter.
• Keep Your Course Current: This edition introduces many of the new C++11 language features.
• Support Instructors and Students: Student and instructor resources are available to expand on the topics presented in the text.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction To Computers And Programming
Chapter 2 Introduction To C++
Chapter 3 Expressions And Interactivity
Chapter 4 Making Decisions
Chapter 5 Loops And Files
Chapter 6 Functions
Chapter 7 Arrays
Chapter 8 Searching And Sorting Arrays
Chapter 9 Pointers
Chapter 10 Characters, C-Strings, And More About The String Class
Chapter 11 Structured Data
Chapter 12 Advanced File Operations
Chapter 13 Introduction To Classes
Chapter 14 More About Classes
Chapter 15 Inheritance, Polymorphism, And Virtual Functions
Chapter 16 Exceptions, Templates, And The Standard Template Library (Stl)
Chapter 17 Linked Lists
Chapter 18 Stacks And Queues
Chapter 19 Recursion
Chapter 20 Binary Trees

Appendix A: Getting Started With Alice
Appendix B: The Ascii Character Set
Appendix C: Operator Precedence And Associativity