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Your Ultimate "How-To" Guide to C++ Programming!
Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite programming techniques in this high-powered C++ "cookbook." Organized for quick reference, each "recipe" shows how to accomplish a practical programming task. A recipe begins with a list of key ingredients (classes, functions, and headers) followed by step-by-step instructions that show how to assemble them into a complete solution. Detailed discussions explain the how and why behind each step, and a full code example puts the recipe into action. Each recipe ends with a list of options and alternatives that suggest ways to adapt the technique to fit a variety of situations. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pro, you'll find recipes that are sure to satisfy your C++ programming appetite!
Topics include:
String Handling • Standard Template Library (STL) Containers • Algorithms • Function Objects • Binders • Negators • Adaptors • Iterators • I/O • Formatting Data
Learn how to:

• Tokenize a null-terminated string
• Create a search and replace function for strings
• Implement subtraction for string objects
• Use the vector, deque, and list sequence containers
• Use the container adaptors stack, queue, and priority_queue
• Use the map, multimap, set, and multiset associative containers
• Reverse, rotate, and shuffle a sequence
• Create a function object
• Use binders, negators, and iterator adapters
• Read and write files
• Use stream iterators to handle file I/O
• Use exceptions to handle I/O errors
• Create custom inserters and extractors
• Format date, time, and numeric data
• Use facets and the localization library
• Overload the [ ], ( ), and -> operators
• Create an explicit constructor
• And much, much more