programming-for-dummies

Table of Contents
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Book VI: Programming Language Syntax.....................521
Chapter 1: C and C++ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523
The Structure of a C/C++ Program .............................................................524
Creating Comments .....................................................................................525
Declaring Variables .....................................................................................525
Declaring string data types ...............................................................526
Declaring integer data types.............................................................526
Declaring floating point data types..................................................527
Declaring Boolean values ..................................................................528
Using Operators ...........................................................................................528
Increment and decrement operators...............................................529
Assignment operators .......................................................................530
Branching Statements .................................................................................531
Looping Statements .....................................................................................533
Creating Functions .......................................................................................534
Data Structures.............................................................................................535
Creating a structure ...........................................................................536
Creating enumerated variables ........................................................536
Creating an array................................................................................537
Using Objects................................................................................................537
Chapter 2: Java and C# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541
The Structure of a Java/C# Program..........................................................542
Creating Comments .....................................................................................542
Declaring Variables ......................................................................................543
Declaring string data types ...............................................................543
Declaring integer data types.............................................................544
Declaring floating point data types..................................................545
Declaring Boolean variables .............................................................545
Using Operators ...........................................................................................545
Increment and decrement operators...............................................546
Assignment operators .......................................................................547
Branching Statements .................................................................................548
Looping Statements .....................................................................................551
Creating Functions .......................................................................................552
Data Structures.............................................................................................553
Creating a C# structure......................................................................554
Creating an array................................................................................554
Creating a Java linked list..................................................................555
Creating C## data structures ............................................................556
Using Objects................................................................................................556
Chapter 3: Perl and Python . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .559
The Structure of a Perl/Python Program ..................................................560
Creating Comments .....................................................................................561
Defining Variables ........................................................................................561