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Welcome -- read before posting!	by admin
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How To: Ask Questions The Smart Way	by Grey Wolf
Abridged version of the work of Eric Steven Raymond Introduction In the world of p...
[13 replies] Last: All that needs to be said is 'Be specific, respectful and patie... (by Cerburos)

guide me...i have Problems with c++	by HackkerBoy
our teacher in c tought us through looping but never continued,,then we've jumped over to c++ and I'...
[1 reply] : Try working through the tutorial on this site, it starts from a fairly... (by Faldrax)

strtok uses	by spacemanjones
First off, I visit this site quite regularly, but I've never posted. I find lots of help here and th...
[3 replies] Last: I think you would be better refactoring the code to use strtok_r inste... (by maaxiim)

Conditionals - The true or false story	by Aakanaar
I have yet again seen a piece of code similar to the following very common mistake if (chr ...
[10 replies] Last: Er, actually there are a couple more. ∧ conjunction ... (by Duoas)

'While' trick	by Hazer
Hi everyone! You can use this when you need to use questions like "do you want again?" or you want ...
[4 replies] Last: I prefer using bool (smaller), string (safer), [cod... (by chu121su12)

Recusion Types	by asadulla
Introduction Here I am going to give a detail about Recursion in C++. Definition: Recursion is th...
[1 reply] : Dear Assadulla In non-reursive processes , the unknown is defin... (by Massoud Raji)

double - and how to use it	by exception
This article shows some properties of "double" atithmetic, and what you can and can't do with it. N...
[2 replies] Last: Check your first corollary in part two Oops. Fixed. ... (by exception)

Rounding Algorithms	by Duoas
There are a zillion different ways to round floating point values to integers. C and C++ provide a c...
[4 replies] Last: The round half down did exactly what it should have. Given a number ex... (by Duoas)

[DRAFT] How To: Recursion	by Grey Wolf
As Recursion seems to pop-up every now and then I have started to write an Article on it (I will hop...
[14 replies] Last: It's harder to debug a recursive function. (by Zaita)

The unofficial Beginner's tutorial	by QWERTYman
The Basics Welcome to the C++ tutoria...
[2 replies] Last: Sorry, wrote it all in an IDE, instead of on the web first. I will edi... (by QWERTYman)

[ANOTHER DRAFT]How To: Private Access in Classes	by QWERTYman
This article assumes that you know what a class is, and how to declare one, as well as how to create...
[4 replies] Last: Encapsulation is also handy because the underlying member variable may... (by dooglio)

Customize Your Applications with Innovative Skin	by freedomhua
skinfeature is a mature, stable, and comprehensive GUI design software solution that allows you to...
[1 reply] : It'd be nice if there was some documentation, sample source code on th... (by Zaita)

C++ Templates and Libraries for Working with Threads	by bnbertha
Not sure how well known this open source project is but I've been using it for a couple of months no...
[2 replies] Last: I haven't tried integrating it into exisiting code, it was a new proje... (by bnbertha)

How to: Put code into your postings	by Grey Wolf
When posting code in your question or answer; displaying the code in a nicely formatted manner helps...
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You want to build a program but where to start?	by siavoshkc
You want to build a program but where to start? OK, I'll tell you. This should be done in the follo...
[7 replies] Last: The class definition is probably not the best example for beginners. ... (by Faldrax)

Inheritance Rules	by amro
class person { int ID; protected: int salary; public : string name; }; class employee : ...
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The Pointer	by Graham
NOTE: This is just because a lot of beginners need a grasp on this concept. WHAT IT IS ---------...
[8 replies] Last: Ropez, The first quote is from a disuction of the need for nullptr in... (by Grey Wolf)

Dynamic allocation in C/C++	by Graham
WHAT IT IS ---------- Dynamic allocation is the automatic allocation of memory in C/C++, Unlike ...
[2 replies] Last: Graham: >>dynamic allocation creates new usable space on the progra... (by satm2008)

Array is not pointer	by siavoshkc
With many thanks for these useful tutorials, I felt it's necessary to send this text about pointers ...
[1 reply] : You have a point, but you have one flaw: ARRAYS ARE CONSTANT POINTE... (by Graham)

Making Games in C++	by Sacha
In order to make a successful and user- friendly game in C++, we need to remember the following thin...
[4 replies] Last: it is nice thanx but it is nearly a C code. Classes are important in p... (by leo)

Viva64: what is it and for whom is it meant?	by Karpov
Viva64: What Is It, and Who Is It for? Evgeniy Ryzhkov Viva64.com July 2007 Viva64 (http://www...
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Game Programming with DarkGDK	by Mayflower
The Game Creators (http://www.thegamecreators.com) have developed a C++ framework that uses Direct X...
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Tired of shifting bits?	by trolltalk
I've looked at one too many pieces of source code that uses bit shifting along with bitwise ANDs to ...
[1 reply] : Unions are lots of fun. Though for individual bits, wouldn't a 32-long... (by AzraelUK)

The difference between pointers and arrays	by siavoshkc
The difference between pointers and arrays I have seen in many places that an array is introduced...
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Exceptions where arrays are not treated as a pointer	by siavoshkc
We understood that an array is not really a pointer, but compiler behaves if it was a pointer. As I...
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