Includes index.

Contents: An Overview of computers and programming languages -- Basic elements of C++ -- Input/output -- Control structures I (selection) -- Control structures II (repetition) -- User-defined functions I -- User-defined-functions II -- User-defined simple data types,name spaces, and the string type -- Arrays and strings -- Records (structS) -- Classes and data abstraction -- Inheritance and composition -- Pointers,classes,virtual functions,abstract classes, and lists -- Overloading and templates -- Exception handling -- Recursion -- Linked lists -- Stacks and queues -- Searching and sorting algorithms -- Binary trees -- Graphs -- Standard template library (STL) -- Appendix A: Reserved words -- Appendix B: Operator precedence -- Appendix C: Character sets -- Appendix D: Operator overloading -- Appendix E: Additional C++ topics -- Appendix F: Header files -- Appendix G: Memmory size on a system and random number generator -- Appendix H: References -- Appendix I: Answers to odd numbered exercises:Chapter 1-22

Summary: Written for the students, this book uses problem solving to offer coverage of introductory C++ programming topics and then moves on to more advanced concepts. It contains numerous explanations and examples