LibGuides: CSC242: Module 4

Lesson 4

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 7:  Pointers and Structures
This assigned reading will introduce how to declare, initialize, and use pointers, understand the relationship between arrays and pointers, and how structures are used to aggregate data items.

Read Chapter 8:  Streams
The assigned reading will introduce how to reading and writing of files, convert between strings and numbers, and the concepts of sequential and random access.

Comment Header Template
Use the comment header template as a guide for creating the required comment header for each programming assignment.

Optional Resources

C++ Pointers
This web page provides information on pointers, including important concepts that all C++ programmers should know.
C++ Files and Streams
This web page provides information on reading and writing files using streams.
W3 Schools - C++ Pointers
This web page provides some interactive examples of how pointers are used in C++.
Course Textbook Companion site