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Beginning Programming with C++ For Dummies by Stephen R. Davis Beginning Programming with C++ For Dummies Published by
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For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Control Number: 2010930969 ISBN: 978-0-470-61797-7 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 About the Author Stephen R. Davis lives near Dallas, Texas. He has written numerous books including C++ For Dummies and C++ Weekend Crash Course .

Stephen works for L-3 Communications in Homeland Security and is studying for a PhD in Geospatial Information Sciences at University of Texas at Dallas. Dedication To Janet for helping me be the best Dummy that I can be. Authors Acknowledgments I find it very strange that only a single name appears on the cover of any book, but especially a book like this. In reality, many people contribute to the creation of a For Dummies book. From the beginning, acquisitions editor Katie Feltman and my agent, Claudette Moore, were involved in guiding and molding the books content. A number of editors work behind the scene to make a book like this possible.

However, I would like to call out for special mention my project editor, Nicole Sholly. Also, the Technical Editor, Danny Kalev, saved me from embarrassment on several occasions. Finally, a summary of the animal activity around my house. For those of you who have not read any of my other books, I should warn you that this has become a regular feature of my For Dummies books. My two dogs, Scooter and Trude, have been gone for almost 8 years now. We moved to the big city about five years ago which meant giving away our dogs Chester and Sadie (both of which are doing quite well with other families).

We tried to keep the two Great Danes, Monty and Bonnie, but they were just too much for the back yard. We were forced to give them away as well. No sooner did I give away the two Danes than my son showed up with his two smallish Catahoola-mix mutts from the pound, Lolli and Bodie. I kept these two for several years until my son was settled enough in his own house to take them off my hands (any day now). If you are having problems getting started, I maintain a FAQ of common problems at www.stephendavis.com. You can e-mail me questions from there if you dont see your problem.

I cant write your program (you dont know how often I get asked to do peoples homework assignments), but I try to answer most questions. Publishers Acknowledgments Were proud of this book; please send us your comments at http://dummies.custhelp.com. For other comments, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 877-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Acquisitions, Editorial, and Media Development Project Editor: Nicole Sholly Senior Acquisitions Editor: Katie Feltman Copy Editor: Melba Hopper Technical Editor: Danny Kalev Editorial Manager: Kevin Kirschner Media Development Project Manager: Laura Moss-Hollister Media Development Assistant Project Manager: Jenny Swisher Media Development Associate Producer: Shawn Patrick Editorial Assistant: Leslie Saxman Sr.

Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Composition Services Project Coordinator: Patrick Redmond Layout and Graphics: Ashley Chamberlain, Nikki Gately Proofreaders: Rebecca Denoncour, Christine Sabooni Indexer: Valerie Haynes Perry Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies Richard Swadley , Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Andy Cummings , Vice President and Publisher Mary Bednarek , Executive Acquisitions Director Mary C. Corder , Editorial Director Publishing for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele , Vice President and Publisher Composition Services Debbie Stailey , Director of Composition Services Introduction W elcome to Beginning Programming with C++ For Dummies. This book is intended for the reader who wants to learn to program. Somehow over the years, programming has become associated with mathematics and logic calculus and other complicated things. I never quite understood that. Programming is a skill like writing advertising or drawing or photography.

It does require the ability to think a problem through, but Ive known some really good programmers who had zero math skills. Some people are naturally good at it and pick it up quickly, others not so good and not so quick. Nevertheless, anyone with enough patience and stick-to-itiveness can learn to program a computer. Even me. About Beginning Programming with C++ For Dummies Learning to program necessarily means learning a programming language. This book is based upon the C++ programming language.