Essential C++ for Engineers and Scientists Book

	Preface
1	Computers: Revolutionary Machines with a Simple Design	1
1.1	Computer Components	3
1.2	Computer Software	11
1.3	Object-Oriented Programming	18
1.4	Computing for Engineers and Scientists	23
2	Basic Elements of a C++ Program	27
2.1	Simple C++ Program	28
2.2	Statement Execution	33
2.3	Input/Output Operations	43
2.4	Data Types	45
2.5	Arithmetic Expressions	50
2.6	Additional Operators	56
2.7	Namespaces	61
2.8	Software Designer Beware	62
3	Control Structures	71
3.1	Three Essential Structures	72
3.2	Conditions	74
3.3	Selection and Repetition	81
3.4	Nested and Multiple-Alternative Selection Structures	85
3.5	The switch Statement for Multiple Alternatives	92
3.6	Problem Solving with Decisions	95
3.7	Software Designer Beware	102
4	Repetition Structures	109
4.1	Loop Form and the while Statement	110
4.2	Interactive and Batch Processing	116
4.3	The for Statement	122
4.4	Operators That Change Their Operands	126
4.5	Input Errors	134
4.6	The do-while Loop	138
4.7	Problem Solving with Loops	140
4.8	Software Designer Beware	146
5	User-Defined Functions	157
5.1	Single-Result Functions	158
5.2	void Functions	166
5.3	Functions with Output Parameters	172
5.4	Overloaded Functions	180
5.5	Introduction to Scope of Names	185
5.6	Recursive Functions (Optional)	189
5.7	Problem Solving with User-Defined Functions	199
5.8	Software Designer Beware	206
6	Data Structures and Objects	219
6.1	Structure Types	220
6.2	A Simple Class	222
6.3	Analysis and Design of Classes	227
6.4	Implementation of a Design as a Class	231
6.5	Accessors and Constructor Functions for Type Conversion	242
6.6	Overloading Operators as Members	246
6.7	Class Reuse (Optional)	252
6.8	Software Designer Beware	265
7	Arrays and Strings	275
7.1	Arrays for List Storage	276
7.2	Sequential Access of Array Elements	279
7.3	Using Whole Arrays as Parameters	289
7.4	Strings Revisited	297
7.5	Classes with Array Components	303
7.6	Dynamically Allocated Array Components	313
7.7	Software Designer Beware	321
8	Multidimensional Arrays	331
8.1	Creating and Using Multidimensional Arrays	332
8.2	Matrix Operations	341
8.3	Linear Systems	348
8.4	Dynamic Allocation of Two-Dimensional Array Components	359
8.5	Software Designer Beware	365
9	Input and Output Streams	377
9.1	Text Files	378
9.2	Stream Error Detection	385
9.3	Formatting Text Output	388
9.4	Searching a Database	390
9.5	Software Designer Beware	400
10	Introduction to Numerical Methods	405
10.1	Finding Roots of Functions	406
10.2	Fundamental Statistics	413
10.3	Numerical Differentiation	420
10.4	Numerical Integration	425
10.5	Solving First-Order Differential Equations	429
10.6	Software Designer Beware	433
	Answers	441
App. A	C, Parent Language of C++	479
App. B	Selected C++ Standard Functions/Macros	487
App. C	Selected C++ Input/Output Facilities	493
App. D	Selected Facilities Provided by Class string	495
App. E	C++ Operators	499
App. F	C++ Keywords	501
App. G	Microsoft Visual C++ Integrated Development Environment, An Introduction	503
App. H	Borland C++ Builder Integrated Development Environment, An Introduction	509
App. I	Character Sets	515
	Index	519