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Largest and best ever C++ Tutorial

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Submitted on: 1/17/2003 7:59:19 PM
By: Michael Skelton 
Level: Beginner
User Rating: By 44 Users
Compatibility: C, C++ (general), Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++, UNIX C++
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     Very comprehensive indepth tutorial, being updated so it should cover a lot more aspects soon. ENJOY!

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				Tutorial was too big to be put here... way too big. so please download the zip file which contains the tutorial in HTML form.
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skelm
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1/17/2003 8:50:19 PM: Michael Skelton

Feel free to leave any comments but if you want to flame please only do so if you have a real reason to. This is a free tutorial if you don't like it get a book...
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1/18/2003 2:11:13 PM: Diligent Coder

Not to criticize but you have some flaws. For starters C++ has been standardized since 1998(Almost 4 1/2 years ago) and there's no excuse to be using deprecated stuff. There's no void main in C++. main must be defined as integer as it states in ISO/IEC 14882-1998(standard document can be found at www.ansi.org ). All standard headers don't have .h at end and fall under standard namespace. i.e. #include

std::cout <<
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1/18/2003 8:34:11 PM: 

Excellent but for a few errors.
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1/19/2003 5:53:48 AM: Michael Skelton

yeah, will fix. Havn't proof read my work yet.

thanks for your input
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1/20/2003 7:27:48 AM: Fernando Zamora

It`s an excellent job,best regards from Spain.
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1/20/2003 10:48:57 PM: Arkasizer

Actually Diligant Coder to be precise ANSI\ISO standerdized C++ in 1995 called the committee draft 1 and in december 1996 another CD, then finally in 1998 they finished the final draft =)
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1/24/2003 6:26:06 PM: Michael Skelton

more coming people, still adding onto this tutorial but one question, if i upload an update do i loose my votes?
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1/24/2003 7:26:17 PM: Michael Skelton

This is actually a cpp tutorial but because i wrote C++ in the title and not cpp it came accross as being a "c" tutorial... sory folks
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1/24/2003 8:59:48 PM: Michael Skelton

started writing a rewrite of the tutorial last night, will be differant again, in word and go into a lot more detail.

still i want to upload the final product of this tutorial first and i was wondering: if i update the file will i loose my current votes?
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1/25/2003 10:04:47 PM: David Munn

Great work!!
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1/28/2003 3:48:17 AM: 

well done 10/10
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1/28/2003 3:49:46 AM: 

Nice Work.
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2/13/2003 5:13:47 PM: 

if you update this project (rather than submiting a new one) you will not lose your votes.
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6/8/2003 1:44:03 AM: Jody Jacoby

hey Michael you know/related to a Justin Skelton? just curious i went to highschool with him.
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6/11/2003 5:52:13 AM: Michael Skelton

sry, can't say i do.

Also, not very pleased with exhedra, i'm yet to receive my prize or even here back from them other then my initial e-mail...
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8/27/2003 7:45:58 PM: 

Great Tutorial! this tutorial has given me the basic knowledge for programming in C++. I hope you finish it soon, I cant wait. Plz, bring on more!
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8/27/2003 9:40:44 PM: 

1 question. When i use the rand() function i always get the number 41. What am i doing wrong?
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11/8/2003 4:18:51 PM: 

I found your tutorial to be the best and easiest to learn. But when are you going to update it?
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11/18/2003 2:20:32 PM: 

i know c well enough and only started learning c++. this is great work because it takes you right through from start to finish. keep it up!
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4/10/2004 2:40:16 PM: Biju Abraham

It is no longer the largest
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1/15/2005 11:04:08 PM: 

only about 10 minutes into your tut and i must say, its definatley one of the better ones that ive read. Good work :)
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1/20/2005 7:59:39 AM: 

To shut down console in DEV C++:
cin.ignore(256, '\n');
cout << "Press ENTER to continue..." << endl;
cin.get();

after using: used namespace std;
Nothing else worked for me.
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6/24/2005 2:20:47 PM: 

Excellent! =] But incomplete.. =-/
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2/14/2006 12:07:41 PM: Louellen Meier

Excellent!! Can't wait for the updates!
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2/8/2007 3:18:35 PM: Tim Byerly

Excellent- email me when you get a sec.

Tim

or call me- @9109100
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2/9/2007 2:35:22 AM: maximus

informative...
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2/12/2007 6:26:49 PM: Cody

now this is what i am talking about, but the html code is a bit screwy, on my browser - fire fox-
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8/23/2009 12:26:12 PM: Riden

this IS by far the biggest and best tutorial for beginners. before i read it i barely even new what C++ was. now i have a good knowledge of the things that make my computer tick. would have been nice if you included something about "if()" statements because "cin" isnt nearly as useful if it cant be used to make decisions. great walk through though.
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