For undergraduate students in Computer Science and Computer Programming courses. Praised for providing an engaging balance of thoughtful examples and explanatory discussion, best-selling author Walt Savitch and contributor Kenrick Mock explain concepts and techniques in a straightforward style using understandable language and code enhanced by a suite of pedagogical tools. Absolute C++ is appropriate for both introductory and intermediate programming courses introducing C++. MyProgrammingLab, Pearson's online homework and assessment tool, is available with this edition.

Table of Contents:
>Contents Chapter 1 C++ Basics   1 1.1 Introduction to C++ 2 Origins of the C++ Language 2 C++ and Object-Oriented Programming 3 The Character of C++ 3 C++ Terminology   4 A Sample C++ Program   4 1.2 Variables, Expressions, and Assignment Statements   6 Identifiers   6 Variables   8 Assignment Statements   10 Pitfall: Uninitialized Variables   12 Tip: Use Meaningful Names   13 More Assignment Statements 13 Assignment Compatibility   14 Literals   15 Escape Sequences   17 Naming Constants   17 Arithmetic Operators and Expressions   19 Integer and Floating-Point Division   21 Pitfall: Division with Whole Numbers   22 Type Casting   22 Increment and Decrement Operators   25 Pitfall: Order of Evaluation   27 1.3 Console Input/Output   28 Output Using cout   28 New Lines in Output   29 Tip: End Each Program with \n or endl   30 Formatting for Numbers with a Decimal Point   31 Output with cerr   32 Input Using cin   32 Tip: Line Breaks in I/O 34 1.4 Program Style   34 Comments   35 1.5 Libraries and Namespaces   35 Libraries and include Directives   36 Namespaces   36 Pitfall: Problems with Library Names   37 Chapter Summary:   38 Answers to Self-Test Exercises   39 Programming Projects   40 Chapter 2 Flow of Control   43 2.1 Boolean Expressions   44 Building Boolean Expressions   44 Pitfall: Strings of Inequalities   45 Evaluating Boolean Expressions   46 Precedence Rules   48 Pitfall: Integer Values Can Be Used as Boolean Values   52 2.2 Branching Mechanisms   54 if-else Statements   54 Compound Statements   56 Pitfall: Using = in Place of ==   57 Omitting the else   59 Nested Statements   59 Multiway if-else Statement   59 The switch Statement   60 Pitfall: Forgetting a break in a switch Statement   63 Tip: Use switch Statements for Menus   63 Enumeration Types   64 The Conditional Operator   64 2.3 Loops   65 The while and do-while Statements   66 Increment and Decrement Operators Revisited   68 The Comma Operator   70 The for Statement   72 Tip: Repeat-N-Times Loops   74 Pitfall: Extra Semicolon in a for Statement   75 Pitfall: Infinite Loops   75 The break and continue Statements   78 Nested Loops   81 2.4 Introduction to File Input Reading From a Text File Using ifstream Chapter Summary   81 Answers to Self-Test Exercises   82 Programming Projects   87 Chapter 3 Function Basics   91 3.1 Predefined Functions   92 Predefined Functions That Return a Value   92 Predefined void Functions   97 A Random Number Generator   99 3.2 Programmer-Defined Functions   103 Defining Functions That Return a Value   103 Alternate Form for Function Declarations   106 Pitfall: Arguments in the Wrong Order   107 Pitfall: Use of the Terms Parameter and Argument   107