《C++ Primer Plus(第6版英文版上下)》由Stephen Prata著，在介绍C++特性的同时，讨论了基本C语言，使两者成为有机的整体。书中介绍了C++的基本概念，并通过短小精悍的程序来阐明，这些程序都很容易复制和试验。书中还介绍了输入和输出，如何让程序执行重复性任务，如何让程序做出选择，处理数据的多种方式，以及如何使用函数等内容。另外，本书还讲述了C++在C语言的基础上新增的很多特性。

C++是在C语言基础上开发的一种集面向对象编程、泛型编程和过程化编程于一体的编程语言，是C语言的超集。本书是根据2003年的IS0/ANSI C++标准编写的，通过大量短小精悍的程序详细而全面地阐述了C++的基本概念和技术，并专辟一章介绍了C++11新增的功能。

《C++ Primer Plus(第6版英文版上下)》由Stephen Prata著，全书分18章和10个附录，分别介绍了C++程序的运行方式、基本数据类型、复合数据类型、循环和关系表达式、分支语句和逻辑运算符、函数重载和函数模板、内存模型和名称空间、类的设计和使用、多态、虚函数、动态内存分配、继承、代码重用、友元、异常处理技术、string类和标准模板库、输入/输出、C++11新增功能等内容。

《C++ Primer Plus(第6版英文版上下)》针对C++初学者，书中从C语言基础知识开始介绍，然后在此基础上详细阐述C++新增的特性，因此不要求读者有C语言方面的背景知识。本书可作为高等院校C++课程的教材，也可供初学者自学C++时使用。

Introduction 1

1 Getting Started with C++ 9

Learning C++: What Lies Before You 10

The Origins of C++: A Little History 10

Portability and Standards 15

The Mechanics of Creating a Program 18

Summary 25

2 Setting Out to C++ 27

C++ Initiation 27

C++ Statements 41

More C++ Statements 45

Functions 48

Summary 61

Chapter Review 62

Programming Exercises 62

3 Dealing with Data 65

Simple Variables 66

The const Qualifier 90

Floating-Point Numbers 92

C++ Arithmetic 0 perators 97

Summary 109

Chapter Review 110

Programming Exercises 111

4 Compound Types 115

Introducing Arrays 116

Strings 120

Introducing the string Class 131

Introducing Structures 140

Unions 149

Enumerations 150

Pointers and the Free Store 153

Pointers, Arrays, and Pointer Arithmetic 167

Combinations of Types 184

Array Alternatives 186

Summary 190

Chapter Review 191

Programming Exercises 192

5 Loops and Relational Expressions 195

Introducing for Loops 196

The while Loop 224

The do while Loop 231

The Range-Based for Loop (C++11) 233

Loops and Text Input 234

Nested Loops and Two-Dimensional Arrays 244

Summary 249

Chapter Review 250

Programming Exercises 251

6 Branching Statements and Logical Operators 253

The if Statement 254

Logical Expressions 260

The cctype Library of Character Functions 270

The ?: Operator 273

The switch Statement 274

The break and continue Statements 280

Number-Reading Loops 283

Simple File Input/Output 287

Summary 298

Chapter Review 298

Programming Exercises 301

7 Functions: C++'s Programming Modules 305

Function Review 306

Function Arguments and Passing by Value 313

Functions and Arrays 320

Functions and Two-Dimensional Arrays 337

Functions and C-Style Strings 339

Functions and Structures 343

Functions and string Class Objects 353

Functions and array Objects 355

Recursion 357

Pointers to Functions 361

Summary 371

Chapter Review 372

Programming Exercises 374

8 Adventures in Functions 379

C++ Inline Functions 379

Reference Variables 383

Default Arguments 409

Function Overloading 412

Function Templates 419

Summary 442

Chapter Review 443

Programming Exercises 444

9 Memory Models and Namespaces 447

Separate Compilation 447

Storage Duration, Scope, and Linkage 453

Namespaces 482

Summary 497

Chapter Review 498

Programming Exercises 501

10 Objects and Classes 505

Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming 506

Abstraction and Classes 507

Class Constructors and Destructors 524

Knowing Your Objects: The this Pointer 539

An Array of Objects 546

Class Scope 549

Abstract Data Types 552

Summary 557

Chapter Review 558

Programming Exercises 559

11 Working with Classes 563

Operator Overloading 564

Time on Our Hands: Developing an Operator

Overloading Example 565

Introducing Friends 578

Overloaded Operators: Member Versus Nonmember

Functions 587

More Overloading: A Vector Class 588

Automatic Conversions and Type Casts for Classes 606

Summary 621

Chapter Review 623

Programming Exercises 623

12 Classes and Dynamic Memory Allocation 627

Dynamic Memory and Classes 628

The New, Improved String Class 647

Things to Remember When-Using new

in Constructors 659

Observations About Returning Objects 662

Using Pointers to Objects 665

Reviewing Techniques 676

A Queue Simulation 678

Summary 699

Chapter Review 700

Programming Exercises 702

13 Class Inheritance 707

Beginning with a Simple Base Class 708

Inheritance: An Is-a Relationship 720

Polymorphic Public Inheritance 722

Static and Dynamic Binding 737

Access Control: protected 745

Abstract Base Classes 746

Inheritance and Dynamic Memory Allocation 757

Class Design Review 766

Summary 778

Chapter Review 779

Programming Exercises 780

14 Reusing Code in C++ 785

Classes with Object Members 786

Private Inheritance 797

Multiple Inheritance 808

Class Templates 830

Summary 866

Chapter Review 869

Programming Exercises 871

15 Friends, Exceptions, and More 877

Friends 877

Nested Classes 889

Exceptions 896

Runtime Type Identification 933

Type Cast Operators 943

Summary 947

Chapter Review 947

Programming Exercises 949

16 The string Class and the Standard

Template Library 951

The string Class 952

Smart Pointer Template Classes 968

The Standard Template Library 978

Generic Programming 992

Function Objects (a.k.a. Functors) 1026

Algorithms 1035

Other Libraries 1045

Summary 1054

Chapter Review 1056

Programming Exercises 1057

17 Input, Output, and Files 1061

An Overview of C++ Input and Output 1062

Output with cout 1069

Input with cin 1093

File Input and Output 1114

Incore Formatting 1142

Summary 1145

Chapter Review 1146

Programming Exercises 1148

18 Visiting with the New C++ Standard 1153

C++11 Features Revisited 1153

Move Semantics and the Rvalue Reference 1164

New Class Features 1178

Lambda Functions 1184

Wrappers 1191

Variadic Templates 1197

More C++11 Features 1202

Language Change 1205

What Now? 1207

Summary 1208

Chapter Review 1209

Programming Exercises 1212

Appendixes

 A Number Bases 1215

 B C++ Reserved Words 1221

 C The ASCII Character Set 1225

 D Operator Precedence 1231

 E Other Operators 1235

 F The string Template Class 1249

 G The Standard Template Library Methods and Functions 1271

 H Selected Readings and Internet Resources 1323

 I Converting to ISO Standard C++ 1327

 J Answers to Chapter Reviews 1335

Index 1367