C++ is a general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of the C programming language, or "C with Classes"
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#include <stdio.h> // Insert standard header file
#include "myfile.h" // Insert file in current directory
#define X some text // Replace X with some text
#define F(a,b) a+b // Replace F(1,2) with 1+2
#define X \
some text // Multiline definition
#undef X // Remove definition
#if defined(X) // Conditional compilation (#ifdef X)
#else // Optional (#ifndef X or #if !defined(X))
#endif // Required after #if, #ifdef
255, 0377, 0xff // Integers (decimal, octal, hex)
2147483647L, 0x7fffffffl // Long (32-bit) integers
123.0, 1.23e2 // double (real) numbers
'a', '\141', '\x61' // Character (literal, octal, hex)
'\n', '\\', '\'', '\"' // Newline, backslash, single quote, double quote
"string\n" // Array of characters ending with newline and \0
"hello" "world" // Concatenated strings
true, false // bool constants 1 and 0
nullptr // Pointer type with the address of 0
int x; // Declare x to be an integer (value undefined)
int x=255; // Declare and initialize x to 255
short s; long l; // Usually 16 or 32 bit integer (int may be either)
char c='a'; // Usually 8 bit character
unsigned char u=255;
signed char s=-1; // char might be either
unsigned long x =
0xffffffffL; // short, int, long are signed
float f; double d; // Single or double precision real (never unsigned)
bool b=true; // true or false, may also use int (1 or 0)
int a, b, c; // Multiple declarations
int a[10]; // Array of 10 ints (a[0] through a[9])
int a[]={0,1,2}; // Initialized array (or a[3]={0,1,2}; )
char s[]="hello"; // String (6 elements including '\0')
std::string s = "Hello" // Creates string object with value "Hello"
std::string s = R"(Hello
World)"; // Creates string object with value "Hello\nWorld"
int* p; // p is a pointer to (address of) int
char* s="hello"; // s points to unnamed array containing "hello"
void* p=nullptr; // Address of untyped memory (nullptr is 0)
int& r=x; // r is a reference to (alias of) int x
enum weekend {SAT,SUN}; // weekend is a type with values SAT and SUN
enum weekend day; // day is a variable of type weekend
enum weekend{SAT=0,SUN=1}; // Explicit representation as int
enum {SAT,SUN} day; // Anonymous enum
enum class Color {Red,Blue};// Color is a strict type with values Red and Blue
Color x = Color::Red; // Assign Color x to red
typedef String char*; // String s; means char* s;
const int c=3; // Constants must be initialized, cannot assign to
const int* p=a; // Contents of p (elements of a) are constant
int* const p=a; // p (but not contents) are constant
const int* const p=a; // Both p and its contents are constant
const int& cr=x; // cr cannot be assigned to change x
int8_t,uint8_t,int16_t,
uint16_t,int32_t,uint32_t,
int64_t,uint64_t // Fixed length standard types
auto it = m.begin(); // Declares it to the result of m.begin()
auto const param = config["param"];
// Declares it to the const result
auto& s = singleton::instance();
// Declares it to a reference of the result
int x; // Auto (memory exists only while in scope)
static int x; // Global lifetime even if local scope
extern int x; // Information only, declared elsewherex=y; // Every expression is a statement
int x; // Declarations are statements
; // Empty statement
{ // A block is a single statement
int x; // Scope of x is from declaration to end of block
}
if (x) a; // If x is true (not 0), evaluate a
else if (y) b; // If not x and y (optional, may be repeated)
else c; // If not x and not y (optional)
while (x) a; // Repeat 0 or more times while x is true
for (x; y; z) a; // Equivalent to: x; while(y) {a; z;}
for (x : y) a; // Range-based for loop e.g.
// for (auto& x in someList) x.y();
do a; while (x); // Equivalent to: a; while(x) a;
switch (x) { // x must be int
case X1: a; // If x == X1 (must be a const), jump here
case X2: b; // Else if x == X2, jump here
default: c; // Else jump here (optional)
}
break; // Jump out of while, do, or for loop, or switch
continue; // Jump to bottom of while, do, or for loop
return x; // Return x from function to caller
try { a; }
catch (T t) { b; } // If a throws a T, then jump here
catch (...) { c; } // If a throws something else, jump here
int f(int x, int y); // f is a function taking 2 ints and returning int
void f(); // f is a procedure taking no arguments
void f(int a=0); // f() is equivalent to f(0)
f(); // Default return type is int
inline f(); // Optimize for speed
f() { statements; } // Function definition (must be global)
T operator+(T x, T y); // a+b (if type T) calls operator+(a, b)
T operator-(T x); // -a calls function operator-(a)
T operator++(int); // postfix ++ or -- (parameter ignored)
extern "C" {void f();} // f() was compiled in C
T::X // Name X defined in class T
N::X // Name X defined in namespace N
::X // Global name X
t.x // Member x of struct or class t
p-> x // Member x of struct or class pointed to by p
a[i] // i'th element of array a
f(x,y) // Call to function f with arguments x and y
T(x,y) // Object of class T initialized with x and y
x++ // Add 1 to x, evaluates to original x (postfix)
x-- // Subtract 1 from x, evaluates to original x
typeid(x) // Type of x
typeid(T) // Equals typeid(x) if x is a T
dynamic_cast< T>(x) // Converts x to a T, checked at run time.
static_cast< T>(x) // Converts x to a T, not checked
reinterpret_cast< T>(x) // Interpret bits of x as a T
const_cast< T>(x) // Converts x to same type T but not const
sizeof x // Number of bytes used to represent object x
sizeof(T) // Number of bytes to represent type T
++x // Add 1 to x, evaluates to new value (prefix)
--x // Subtract 1 from x, evaluates to new value
~x // Bitwise complement of x
!x // true if x is 0, else false (1 or 0 in C)
-x // Unary minus
+x // Unary plus (default)
&x // Address of x
*p // Contents of address p (*&x equals x)
new T // Address of newly allocated T object
new T(x, y) // Address of a T initialized with x, y
new T[x] // Address of allocated n-element array of T
delete p // Destroy and free object at address p
delete[] p // Destroy and free array of objects at p
(T) x // Convert x to T (obsolete, use .._cast<T>(x))
x * y // Multiply
x / y // Divide (integers round toward 0)
x % y // Modulo (result has sign of x)
x + y // Add, or \&x[y]
x - y // Subtract, or number of elements from *x to *y
x << y // x shifted y bits to left (x * pow(2, y))
x >> y // x shifted y bits to right (x / pow(2, y))
x < y // Less than
x <= y // Less than or equal to
x > y // Greater than
x >= y // Greater than or equal to
x & y // Bitwise and (3 & 6 is 2)
x ^ y // Bitwise exclusive or (3 ^ 6 is 5)
x | y // Bitwise or (3 | 6 is 7)
x && y // x and then y (evaluates y only if x (not 0))
x || y // x or else y (evaluates y only if x is false (0))
x = y // Assign y to x, returns new value of x
x += y // x = x + y, also -= *= /= <<= >>= &= |= ^=
x ? y : z // y if x is true (nonzero), else z
throw x // Throw exception, aborts if not caught
x , y // evaluates x and y, returns y (seldom used)
class T { // A new type
private: // Section accessible only to T's member functions
protected: // Also accessible to classes derived from T
public: // Accessible to all
int x; // Member data
void f(); // Member function
void g() {return;} // Inline member function
void h() const; // Does not modify any data members
int operator+(int y); // t+y means t.operator+(y)
int operator-(); // -t means t.operator-()
T(): x(1) {} // Constructor with initialization list
T(const T& t): x(t.x) {}// Copy constructor
T& operator=(const T& t)
{x=t.x; return *this; } // Assignment operator
~T(); // Destructor (automatic cleanup routine)
explicit T(int a); // Allow t=T(3) but not t=3
T(float x): T((int)x) {}// Delegate constructor to T(int)
operator int() const
{return x;} // Allows int(t)
friend void i(); // Global function i() has private access
friend class U; // Members of class U have private access
static int y; // Data shared by all T objects
static void l(); // Shared code. May access y but not x
class Z {}; // Nested class T::Z
typedef int V; // T::V means int
};
void T::f() { // Code for member function f of class T
this->x = x;} // this is address of self (means x=x;)
int T::y = 2; // Initialization of static member (required)
T::l(); // Call to static member
T t; // Create object t implicit call constructor
t.f(); // Call method f on object t
struct T { // Equivalent to: class T { public:
virtual void i(); // May be overridden at run time by derived class
virtual void g()=0; }; // Must be overridden (pure virtual)
class U: public T { // Derived class U inherits all members of base T
public:
void g(int) override; }; // Override method g
class V: private T {}; // Inherited members of T become private
class W: public T, public U {};
// Multiple inheritance
class X: public virtual T {};
// Classes derived from X have base T directly
template <class T> T f(T t);// Overload f for all types
template <class T> class X {// Class with type parameter T
X(T t); }; // A constructor
template <class T> X<T>::X(T t) {}
// Definition of constructor
X<int> x(3); // An object of type "X of int"
template <class T, class U=T, int n=0>
// Template with default parameters
References:
https://github.com/mortennobel/cpp-cheatsheet