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Welcome -- read before posting!	by admin
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Issues in Console Programming	by Duoas
---------- Issues in Console Programming ---------- In thi...
[7 replies] Last: It would be nice to get an update sometime soon, maybe something on wo... (by AngelGithara23)

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)

Clear the screen	by Duoas
This short article describes the method of clearing the console display of all text and positioning ...
[19 replies] Last: That's system-dependent. All OSs I know of pass the return value to t... (by helios)

Converting numbers to strings and strings to numbers	by Bazzy
This question is asked quite often, so here is a way of doing it using stringstreams : [c...
[17 replies] Last: try with wstringstream: wstringstream wss; wss << 324545678; ... (by Bazzy)

Why system() is evil	by Duoas
So, you are here because everyone keeps telling you that things like system("PAUSE") an...
[4 replies] Last: Er. The whitespace is optional. :D (by QWERTYman)

OutPut Array To Txt File	by jloundy
I have been scrolling around on forum to forum and i have noticed that many people are lost when co...
[2 replies] Last: yupp your completely right lol (by jloundy)

Headers and Includes: Why and How (1,2)	by Disch
************************************************* ** 0) Introduction ...
[25 replies] Last: Yes, that's exactly right. That used to be a paradigm some folks kept... (by jsmith)

Bit-Banging a counter	by rootboy
Here's a bit of code that I thought that I would share. It comes from a PLC (Programmable Logic Cont...
[2 replies] Last: You're right. I personally would never use something as obscure as thi... (by rootboy)

Named Pipes for data exchange in Windows Vista	by Apriorit
Author: Yuri Maxiutenko, Software Developer of Apriorit Inc. This article is devoted to the qu...
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Interaction between services and applications of user level in Windows Vista	by Apriorit
Author: Yuri Maxiutenko, Software Developer of Apriorit Inc. This article is devoted to the qu...
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Prefer std solutions over hand written copycats	by kempofighter
Admittedly there are many tutorials around for beginners. The purpose of this article is not to ...
[5 replies] Last: I added a comment to the example explaining the point of operator< use... (by kempofighter)

Multi-Dimensional Arrays	by Zaita
This is another topic we get asked quite a bit. - How do I do a 2D/3D Array? When I also started...
[9 replies] Last: Use the Boost Multidimensional Array Library: http://www.boost.org/do... (by Polter)

C++ Automatic Calculator	by crodino911
Just try it and let me know what you think! #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> using ...
[14 replies] Last: Thank you very much, it was right in front of me and i just couldn't s... (by crodino911)

clear.cpp	by mborja
For Cygwin users without a simple clear command on Win32: // clear.cpp #include <...
[2 replies] Last: I might as well do this one next... (Now that I can get back to it.) ... (by Duoas)

Reading user input as strings with getchar()	by mborja
Safer alternative to scanf() for reading user input as strings: #include <iostream> usin...
[6 replies] Last: Actually, though, now that I think about it, char* buf = 0;... (by jsmith)

C++ Pointer Basics (Part 1)	by mborja
Note: While reading through this short overview of pointers in C++, you will find some code samples...
[4 replies] Last: When we are talking about pointers, is there anything about functi... (by riffraff)

Get IP address of target hostname	by mborja
Some code I came up with during the conception of my early C++ experience and learning. Going on thr...
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How to post a new topic	by Bazzy
I had some users who at first didn't know how to post on a forum so I decided to write this article ...
[1 reply] : Very nice, good work Bazzy. Now if only we could sticky this on the be... (by Mythios)

How to make something to loop forever. (1,2)	by kikolani
If you want to make something to loop forever use either for(;;){ //put the code you wa...
[23 replies] Last: Inside the code or from the OS? Inisde the code you can use "break;", ... (by Scipio)

Using cin to get user input. (1,2)	by Zaita
Too many questions keep popping up with the same problem. How do I get user input from cin using >> ...
[23 replies] Last: Update: Added information about cin not removing newline characters an... (by Zaita)

Compilers, IDEs, Debuggers and the Jazz	by Zaita
Another article to cover a very common topic. Often questions come up like: - What IDE can I use? ...
[10 replies] Last: Oh yeah, I see what you mean. That still would technically be a patche... (by Mythios)

Keep the console open long enough to see your program's output	by Duoas
Press any key to continue . . . This is typically a problem on Windows, cau...
[1 reply] : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OS-specific ways - ... (by Duoas)

A bit of bitwise	by chris
This is just a little handy structure defining a variable type & a simple operator overload, to get ...
[3 replies] Last: Oddly enough firedraco I used to always use C++ iostream, I just seem ... (by chris)

Database Connection using C++ code	by pkjena
Hi, i want to write an application using pure C++ code . Here i'hv to use MS Access as...
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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...
[5 replies] Last: It's much clearer to use regular expressions to stuff like this. Esp. ... (by zeeme)

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)

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)

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