Modern C++ for Absolute Beginners: A Friendly Introduction to the C++ Programming Language and C++11 to C++23 Standards

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
About the Second Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: What Is C++?
	C++ Standards
Chapter 3: C++ Compilers
	Installing C++ Compilers
		On Linux
		On Windows
Chapter 4: Our First Program
	Comments
	Hello World Example
Chapter 5: Types
	Fundamental Types
		Boolean
		Character Type
		Integer Types
		Floating-Point Types
		Type void
	Type Modifiers
	Variable Declaration, Definition, and Initialization
Chapter 6: Exercises
	Hello World and Comments
	Declaration
	Definition
	Initialization
Chapter 7: Operators
	Assignment Operator
	Arithmetic Operators
	Compound Assignment Operators
	Increment/Decrement Operators
Chapter 8: Standard Input
Chapter 9: Exercises
	Standard Input
	Two Inputs
	Multiple Inputs
	Inputs and Arithmetic Operations
	Postincrement and Compound Assignment
	Integral and Floating-Point Division
Chapter 10: Arrays
Chapter 11: Pointers
Chapter 12: References
Chapter 13: Introduction to Strings
	Defining a String
	Concatenating Strings
	Accessing Characters
	Comparing Strings
	String Input
	A Pointer to a String
	Substrings
	Finding a Substring
Chapter 14: Automatic Type Deduction
Chapter 15: Exercises
	Array Definition
	Pointer to an Object
	Reference Type
	Strings
	Strings from Standard Input
	Creating a Substring
	Finding a Single Character
	Finding a Substring
	Automatic Type Deduction
Chapter 16: Statements
	Selection Statements
		if Statement
		Conditional Expression
		The Logical Operators
			Comparison Operators
		switch Statement
	Iteration Statements
		for Statement
		while Statement
		do Statement
Chapter 17: Constants
Chapter 18: Exercises
	A Simple if Statement
	Logical Operators
	The switch Statement
	The for Loop
	Array and the for Loop
	The const Type Qualifier
Chapter 19: Functions
	Introduction
	Function Declaration
	Function Definition
	Return Statement
	Passing Arguments
		Passing by Value/Copy
		Passing by Reference
		Passing by Const Reference
	Function Overloading
Chapter 20: Exercises
	Function Definition
	Separate Declaration and Definition
	Function Parameters
	Passing Arguments
	Function Overloads
Chapter 21: Scope and Lifetime
	Local Scope
	Block Scope
	Lifetime
	Automatic Storage Duration
	Dynamic Storage Duration
	Static Storage Duration
	Operators new and delete
Chapter 22: Exercises
	Automatic Storage Duration
	Dynamic Storage Duration
	Automatic and Dynamic Storage Durations
Chapter 23: Classes – Introduction
	Data Member Fields
	Member Functions
	Access Specifiers
	Constructors
		Default Constructor
		Member Initialization
		Copy Constructor
		Copy Assignment
		Move Constructor
		Move Assignment
	Operator Overloading
	Destructors
Chapter 24: Exercises
	Class Instance
	Class with Data Members
	Class with Member Function
	Class with Data and Function Members
	Class Access Specifiers
	User-Defined Default Constructor and Destructor
	Constructor Initializer List
	User-Defined Copy Constructor
	User-Defined Move Constructor
	Overloading Arithmetic Operators
Chapter 25: Classes – Inheritance and Polymorphism
	Inheritance
	Polymorphism
Chapter 26: Exercises
	Inheritance
Chapter 27: The static Specifier
Chapter 28: Templates
	Function Templates
	Class Templates
	Template Specialization
Chapter 29: Enumerations
Chapter 30: Exercises
	Static Variable
	Static Data Member
	Static Member Function
	Function Template
	Class Template
	Scoped Enums
	Enums in a switch
Chapter 31: Organizing Code
	Header and Source Files
	Header Guards
	Namespaces
Chapter 32: Exercises
	Header and Source Files
	Multiple Source Files
	Namespaces
	Nested Namespaces
Chapter 33: Conversions
	Implicit Conversions
	Explicit Conversions
Chapter 34: Exceptions
Chapter 35: Smart Pointers
	Unique Pointer
	Shared Pointer
Chapter 36: Exercises
	static_cast Conversion
	A Simple Unique Pointer
	Unique Pointer to an Object of a Class
	Shared Pointer Exercise
	Simple Polymorphism
	Polymorphism II
	Exception Handling
	Multiple Exceptions
Chapter 37: Input/Output Streams
	File Streams
	String Streams
Chapter 38: C++ Standard Library and Friends
	Containers
		std::vector
		std::array
		std::set
		std::map
		std::pair
		Other Containers
	The Range-Based for Loop
	Iterators
	Algorithms and Utilities
		std::sort
		std::find
		std::copy
		Min and Max Elements
	Lambda Expressions
Chapter 39: Exercises
	Basic Vector
	Deleting a Single Value
	Deleting a Range of Elements
	Finding Elements in a Vector
	Basic Set
	Set Data Manipulation
	Set Member Functions
	Search for Data in a Set
	Basic Map
	Inserting into a Map
	Searching and Deleting from a Map
	Lambda Expressions
Chapter 40: C++ Standards
	C++11
		Automatic Type Deduction
		Range-Based Loops
		Initializer Lists
		Move Semantics
		Lambda Expressions
		The constexpr Specifier
		Scoped Enumerators
		Smart Pointers
		std::unordered_set
		std::unordered_map
		std::tuple
		static_assert
		Introduction to Concurrency
		Deleted and Defaulted Functions
		Type Aliases
	C++14
		Binary Literals
		Digit Separators
		Auto for Functions
		Generic Lambdas
		std::make_unique
	C++17
		Nested Namespaces
		Constexpr Lambdas
		Structured Bindings
		std::filesystem
		std::string_view
		std::any
		std::variant
	C++20
		Modules
		Concepts
		Lambda Templates
		[likely] and [unlikely] Attributes
		Ranges
		Coroutines
		std::span
		Mathematical Constants
	C++23
		Multidimensional Subscript Operator
		Literal Suffixes for size_t
		The #warning Preprocessor Directive
		The std::string::contains() Member Function
		std::print
Chapter 41: Projects
	Project I: Book Inventory
	Project II: Book Inventory – Multiple Files
	Project III: Message Logger
	Project IV: Message Logger – Multiple Files
	Project V: Information System
	Project VI: Information System – Multiple Files
Index