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C++ QUICK REFERENCE
PREPROCESSOR
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LITERALS
255, 0377, 0xff // Integers (decimal, octal, hex) 2147483647L, 0x7fffffffl // Long (32-bit) integers 123.0, 1.23e2 // double (real) numbers 'a', '\141', '\x61' // Character (literal, octal, hex) '\n', '\', ''', '"' // Newline, backslash, single quote, double quote "string\n" // Array of characters ending with newline and
"hello" "world" // Concatenated strings true, false // bool constants 1 and 0
DECLARATIONS
int x; // Declare x to be an integer (value undefined) int x=255; // Declare and initialize x to 255 short s; long l; // Usually 16 or 32 bit integer (int may be either) char c='a'; // Usually 8 bit character unsigned char u=255; signed char s=-1; // char might be either unsigned long x=0xffffffffL; // short, int, long are signed float f; double d; // Single or double precision real (never unsigned) bool b=true; // true or false, may also use int (1 or 0) int a, b, c; // Multiple declarations int a[10]; // Array of 10 ints (a[0] through a[9]) int a[]={0,1,2}; // Initialized array (or a[3]={0,1,2}; ) int a[2][3]={{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}; // Array of array of ints char s[]="hello"; // String (6 elements including '\0') int* p; // p is a pointer to (address of) int char* s="hello"; // s points to unnamed array containing "hello" void* p=NULL; // Address of untyped memory (NULL is 0) int& r=x; // r is a reference to (alias of) int x enum weekend {SAT,SUN}; // weekend is a type with values SAT and SUN enum weekend day; // day is a variable of type weekend enum weekend {SAT=0,SUN=1}; // Explicit representation as int enum {SAT,SUN} day; // Anonymous enum typedef String char; // String s; means char s;
const int c=3; // Constants must be initialized, cannot assign to const int* p=a; // Contents of p (elements of a) are constant int* const p=a; // p (but not contents) are constant const int* const p=a; // Both p and its contents are constant const int& cr=x; // cr cannot be assigned to change x
STORAGE CLASSES
int x; // Auto (memory exists only while in scope) static int x; // Global lifetime even if local scope extern int x; // Information only, declared elsewhere
STATEMENTS
x=y; // Every expression is a statement int x; // Declarations are statements ; // Empty statement
{ // A block is a single statement int x; // Scope of x is from declaration to end of block a; // In C, declarations must precede statements } if (x) a; // If x is true (not 0), evaluate a else if (y) b; // If not x and y (optional, may be repeated) else c; // If not x and not y (optional)
while (x) a; // Repeat 0 or more times while x is true
for (x; y; z) a; // Equivalent to: x; while(y) {a; z;}
do a; while (x); // Equivalent to: a; while(x) a;
switch (x) { // x must be int case X1: a; // If x == X1 (must be a const), jump here case X2: b; // Else if x == X2, jump here default: c; // Else jump here (optional) } break; // Jump out of while, do, or for loop, or switch continue; // Jump to bottom of while, do, or for loop return x; // Return x from function to caller try { a; } catch (T t) { b; } // If a throws a T, then jump here catch (...) { c; } // If a throws something else, jump here
FUNCTIONS
int f(int x, int); // f is a function taking 2 ints and returning int void f(); // f is a procedure taking no arguments void f(int a=0); // f() is equivalent to f(0) f(); // Default return type is int inline f(); // Optimize for speed f() { statements; } // Function definition (must be global) T operator+(T x, T y); // a+b (if type T) calls operator+(a, b) T operator-(T x); // -a calls function operator-(a) T operator++(int); // postfix ++ or -- (parameter ignored) extern "C" {void f();} // f() was compiled in C
Function parameters and return values may be of any type. A function must either be declared or defined before it is used. It may be declared first and defined later. Every program consists of a set of a set of global variable declarations and a set of function definitions (possibly in separate files), one of which must be:
int main() { statements... } or int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { statements... }
argv is an array of argc strings from the command line. By convention, main returns status 0 if successful, 1 or higher for errors.
Functions with different parameters may have the same name (overloading). Operators except ::. .* ?: may be overloaded. Precedence order is not affected. New operators may not be created.
EXPRESSIONS
Operators are grouped by precedence, highest first. Unary operators and assignment evaluate right to left. All others are left to right. Precedence does not affect order of evaluation, which is undefined. There are no run time checks for arrays out of bounds, invalid pointers, etc. T::X // Name X defined in class T N::X // Name X defined in namespace N ::X // Global name X
t.x // Member x of struct or class t p->x // Member x of struct or class pointed to by p a[i] // i'th element of array a f(x,y) // Call to function f with arguments x and y T(x,y) // Object of class T initialized with x and y x++ // Add 1 to x, evaluates to original x (postfix) x-- // Subtract 1 from x, evaluates to original x typeid(x) // Type of x typeid(T) // Equals typeid(x) if x is a T dynamic_cast(x) // Converts x to a T, checked at run time static_cast(x) // Converts x to a T, not checked reinterpret_cast(x) // Interpret bits of x as a T const_cast(x) // Converts x to same type T but not const
sizeof x // Number of bytes used to represent object x sizeof(T) // Number of bytes to represent type T ++x // Add 1 to x, evaluates to new value (prefix) --x // Subtract 1 from x, evaluates to new value ~x // Bitwise complement of x !x // true if x is 0, else false (1 or 0 in C) -x // Unary minus +x // Unary plus (default) &x // Address of x p // Contents of address p (&x equals x) new T // Address of newly allocated T object new T(x, y) // Address of a T initialized with x, y new T[x] // Address of allocated n-element array of T delete p // Destroy and free object at address p delete[] p // Destroy and free array of objects at p (T) x // Convert x to T (obsolete, use .._cast(x))
x * y // Multiply x / y // Divide (integers round toward 0) x % y // Modulo (result has sign of x)
x + y // Add, or &x[y] x - y // Subtract, or number of elements from *x to *y
x << y // x shifted y bits to left (x * pow(2, y)) x >> y // x shifted y bits to right (x / pow(2, y))
x < y // Less than x <= y // Less than or equal to x > y // Greater than x >= y // Greater than or equal to
x == y // Equals x != y // Not equals
x & y // Bitwise and (3 & 6 is 2)
x ^ y // Bitwise exclusive or (3 ^ 6 is 5)
x | y // Bitwise or (3 | 6 is 7)
x && y // x and then y (evaluates y only if x (not 0))
x || y // x or else y (evaluates y only if x is false (0))
x = y // Assign y to x, returns new value of x x += y // x = x + y, also -= *= /= <<= >>= &= |= ^=
x? y : z // y if x is true (nonzero), else z
throw x // Throw exception, aborts if not caught
x , y // evaluates x and y, returns y (seldom used)
CLASSES
class T { // A new type private: // Section accessible only to T's member functions protected: // Also accessable to classes derived from T public: // Accessable to all int x; // Member data void f(); // Member function void g() {return;} // Inline member function void h() const; // Does not modify any data members int operator+(int y); // t+y means t.operator+(y) int operator-(); // -t means t.operator-() T(): x(1) {} // Constructor with initialization list T(const T& t): x(t.x) {} // Copy constructor T& operator=(const T& t) {x=t.x; return *this; } // Assignment operator ~T(); // Destructor (automatic cleanup routine) explicit T(int a); // Allow t=T(3) but not t= operator int() const {return x;} // Allows int(t) friend void i(); // Global function i() has private access friend class U; // Members of class U have private access static int y; // Data shared by all T objects static void l(); // Shared code. May access y but not x class Z {}; // Nested class T::Z typedef int V; // T::V means int }; void T::f() { // Code for member function f of class T this->x = x;} // this is address of self (means x=x;) int T::y = 2; // Initialization of static member (required) T::l(); // Call to static member
asin(x); acos(x); atan(x);// Inverses atan2(y, x); // atan(y/x) sinh(x); cosh(x); tanh(x);// Hyperbolic exp(x); log(x); log10(x); // e to the x, log base e, log base 10 pow(x, y); sqrt(x); // x to the y, square root ceil(x); floor(x); // Round up or down (as a double) fabs(x); fmod(x, y); // Absolute value, x mod y
TIME.H, CTIME (Clock)
clock()/CLOCKS_PER_SEC; // Time in seconds since program started time_t t=time(0); // Absolute time in seconds or -1 if unknown tm* p=gmtime(&t); // 0 if UCT unavailable, else p->tm_X where X is: sec, min, hour, mday, mon (0-11), year (-1900), wday, yday, isdst asctime(p); // "Day Mon dd hh:mm:ss yyyy\n" asctime(localtime(&t)); // Same format, local time
ASSERT.H, CASSERT (Debugging aid)
assert(e); // If e is false, print message and abort #define NDEBUG // (before #include <assert.h>), turn off assert
NEW.H, NEW (Out of memory handler)
set_new_handler(handler); // Change behavior when out of memory void handler(void) {throw bad_alloc();} // Default
IOSTREAM.H, IOSTREAM (Replaces stdio.h)
cin >> x >> y; // Read words x and y (any type) from stdin cout << "x=" << 3 << endl; // Write line to stdout cerr << x << y << flush; // Write to stderr and flush c = cin.get(); // c = getchar(); cin.get(c); // Read char cin.getline(s, n, '\n'); // Read line into char s[n] to '\n' (default) if (cin) // Good state (not EOF)? // To read/write any type T: istream& operator>>(istream& i, T& x) {i >> ...; x=...; return i;} ostream& operator<<(ostream& o, const T& x) {return o << ...;}
FSTREAM.H, FSTREAM (File I/O works like cin, cout as above)
ifstream f1("filename"); // Open text file for reading if (f1) // Test if open and input available f1 >> x; // Read object from file f1.get(s); // Read char or line f1.getline(s, n); // Read line into string s[n] ofstream f2("filename"); // Open file for writing if (f2) f2 << x; // Write to file
IOMANIP.H, IOMANIP (Output formatting)
cout << setw(6) << setprecision(2) << setfill('0') << 3.1; // print "003.10"
STRING (Variable sized character array)
string s1, s2="hello"; // Create strings s1.size(), s2.size(); // Number of characters: 0, 5 s1 += s2 + ' ' + "world"; // Concatenation s1 == "hello world" // Comparison, also <, >, !=, etc. s1[0]; // 'h' s1.substr(m, n); // Substring of size n starting at s1[m] s1.c_str(); // Convert to const char* getline(cin, s); // Read line ending in '\n'
VECTOR (Variable sized array/stack with built in memory allocation)
vector a(10); // a[0]..a[9] are int (default size is 0) a.size(); // Number of elements (10) a.push_back(3); // Increase size to 11, a[10]= a.back()=4; // a[10]=4; a.pop_back(); // Decrease size by 1 a.front(); // a[0]; a[20]=1; // Crash: not bounds checked a.at(20)=1; // Like a[20] but throws out_of_range() for (vector::iterator p=a.begin(); p!=a.end(); ++p) *p=0; // Set all elements of a to 0 vector b(a.begin(), a.end()); // b is copy of a vector c(n, x); // c[0]..c[n-1] init to x T d[10]; vector e(d, d+10); // e is initialized from d
DEQUE (array/stack/queue)
deque is like vector, but also supports: a.push_front(x); // Puts x at a[0], shifts elements toward back a.pop_front(); // Removes a[0], shifts toward front
UTILITY (Pair)
pair<string, int> a("hello", 3); // A 2-element struct a.first; // "hello" a.second; // 3
MAP (associative array)
map<string, int> a; // Map from string to int a["hello"]=3; // Add or replace element a["hello"] for (map<string, int>::iterator p=a.begin(); p!=a.end(); ++p) cout << (p).first << (p).second; // Prints hello, 3 a.size(); // 1
ALGORITHM (A collection of 60 algorithms on sequences with iterators)
min(x, y); max(x, y); // Smaller/larger of x, y (any type defining <) swap(x, y); // Exchange values of variables x and y sort(a, a+n); // Sort array a[0]..a[n-1] by < sort(a.begin(), a.end()); // Sort vector or deque
