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C BasicProgramming

This document provides an overview of a basic C++ program, including its structure and components such as comments, directives, and the main function. It explains the purpose of each part, including how to print output and return values to the operating system. The document concludes with encouragement for coding practice.

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C BasicProgramming

This document provides an overview of a basic C++ program, including its structure and components such as comments, directives, and the main function. It explains the purpose of each part, including how to print output and return values to the operating system. The document concludes with encouragement for coding practice.

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C++ Basic Programming

First program is C++

• // This is my first program is C++

• /* this program will illustrate different components of a


simple program in C++ */

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
cout << "Hello World!";
return 0;
}
Comments

• First three lines of the above program are


comments and are ignored by the compiler.
Comments are included in a program to make
it more readable. If a comment is short and
can be accommodated in a single line, then it
is started with double slash sequence in the
first line of the program. However, if there are
multiple lines in a comment, it is enclosed
between the two symbols /* and */
#include <iostream>

• The line in the above program that start with #


symbol are called directives and are
instructions to the compiler. The word include
with '#' tells the compiler to include the file
iostream into the file of the above program.
File iostream is a header file needed for input/
output requirements of the program.
Therefore, this file has been included at the
top of the program.
using namespace std;
• All the elements of the standard C++ library
are declared within std. This line is very
frequent in C++ programs that use the
standard library.
int main ( )

• The word main is a function name. The


brackets ( ) with main tells that main ( ) is a
function. The word int before main ( )
indicates that integer value is being returned
by the function main (). When program is
loaded in the memory, the control is handed
over to function main ( ) and it is the first
function to be executed.
Curly bracket and body of the
function main ( )
• A C++ program starts with function called
main(). The body of the function is enclosed
between curly braces. The program
statements are written within the brackets.
Each statement must end by a semicolon,
without which an error message in generated.
cout<<"Hello World!";

• This statement prints our "Hello World!"


message on the screen. cout understands that
anything sent to it via the << operator should
be printed on the screen.
return 0;

• This is a new type of statement, called a


return statement. When a program finishes
running, it sends a value to the operating
system. This particular return statement
returns the value of 0 to the operating system,
which means “everything went okay!”.
Escape Sequence
Happy Coding!

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