Appropriate for a CS1 course, this introduction to structured programming in C++ explains control structures, user-defined functions, data types, arrays, and sorting algorithms, then covers the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and design. The second edition adds a chapter on exception handling and a section on static members of a class. The CD-ROM contains 93 students labs.

1. An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages
2. Basic Elements of C++
3. Input/Output
4. Control Structures I (Selection)
5. Control Structures II (Repetition)
6. User-Defined Functions I
7. User-Defined Functions II
8. User-Defined Simple Data Types, Namespaces, and the String Type
9. Arrays and Strings
10. Applications of Arrays (Searching and Sorting) and the Vector Type
11. Records (Structs)
12. Class and Data Abstraction
13. Inheritance and Composition
14. Pointers, Classes, Virtual Functions, and Abstract Classes
15. Overloading and Templates
16. Exception Handling
17. Recursion
18. Linked Lists
19. Stacks and Queues Appendices

A: Reserved Words
B: Operator Precedence
C: Character Sets
D: Operators Overloading
E: Additional C++ Topics
F: Header Files
G: Memory Size on a System and Random Number Generator
H: Standard Template Library (STL)
I: Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises