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
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
