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C++ Programming Basics

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1. A function that can be used to read character data including whitespace






2. Initializers __________ must be used to initialize constant members of a class.






3. The symbol for the binary scope resolution operator






4. directive A statement that starts with a # is called a ____________.






5. ________ is a graphical language that allows people who design software systems to use an industry-standard notation to represent them.






6. Smallest individual unit of a programming language - special symbols or word symbols or identifiers






7. The stream extraction operator






8. A file must be ________ before data can be written to or read from it.






9. In inheritance the ____________ is the class that supplies the inherited members.






10. Identifier or expression that is part of the calculation to be performed






11. When a value of one data type is implicitly (automatically) changed to another data type






12. Most calculations are normally performed by ______ statements.






13. The modulus operator (%) can be used only with __________.






14. For every opening brace in a C++ program there must be a ______________.






15. Names of things that are used in a program - can apply to variables & constants and functions






16. Class members are accessed via the ________ operator in conjunction with the name of an object (or reference to an object) of the class or via the arrow (->) operator in conjunction with a pointer to an object of the class.






17. An array that uses two subscripts is referred to as a(n) _________ array.






18. A variable declared outside any block or function is a ________ variable.






19. C++ programmers concentrate on creating ________ which contain data members and the member functions that manipulate those data members and provide services to clients.






20. A filestream variable that represents the default output device






21. The four areas that a program uses memory on are: the codes area - the _______ area - the stack and the heap.






22. A pointer is a variable that contains as its value the____________ of another variable.






23. You can declare default values for a function in the ____________________.






24. All ______ must be declared before they are used.






25. Function ________ is used to produce random numbers.






26. Syntax for reading char type variables by extracting one nonwhitespace character extracted at a time






27. This is used to mark the end of a complete C++ programming statement.






28. A __________ data member represents class-wide information.






29. An expression in which all operands have the same data type - result will have the same data type as operands






30. The address-of operator. it is used to assign pointers and to print the address of variables.






31. tab






32. For a local variable in a function to retain its value between calls to the function it must be declared with the ________ storage-class specifier.






33. Symbol that denotes an action to be performed






34. Class members specified as _________ are accessible only to member functions of the class and friends of the class.






35. Sets floating-point values to a fixed decimal format






36. This allows the writer to create functions of the same name as long as they have different parameters or different quantities of parameters.






37. A constant object must be __________; it cannot be modified after it is created.






38. A human readable file that contains C++ program






39. Comments do not cause the computer to print the text after the____ on the screen when the program is executed.






40. The ________ program transfers the executable image of a C++ program from disk to memory.






41. Whole numbers - no decimals and no commas included






42. An object's non-static member functions have access to a "self pointer" to the object called the __________ pointer.






43. Allows the programmer to store a value in a variable






44. The conditional operator. it evaluates a line of code and returns one thing if the condition is true and a different thing if the condition is false.






45. To allow file access in a program you must #include this header file.






46. Used for dynamically allocated variables






47. The sign you use for pointers






48. To explicitly indicate that a value is to be converted to another type






49. Nonexecutable statements that are included in a program to provide information about what the program does etc.






50. An expression that has operands with different data types






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