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Lesson 2

Big C++: Late Objects, Enhanced eText, 3rd Edition

Horstmann, C. S. (2017). Big C++: Late objects, enhanced etext (3rd ed.). [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from vbk://9781119402978  

Read Chapter 3:  Decisions

This assigned reading will introduce the implementation of decision structures using if statements. The use of different data types for comparison purposes will be explored, and the Boolean data type will be implemented in conditional expressions. Strategies for validating user input will be discussed.  

Read Chapter 4:  Loops  

The assigned reading will introduce while, for, and do loops and how to avoid infinite loops. In addition, the process of implementing nested loops will be explored, and how to implement programs that read and process data sets. 

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