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C++ for Business
Programming
Second Edition

John C. Molluzzo
Pace University, New York

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458

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Contents

PREFACE XV

PART I C++ Basics 1

1. INTRODUCTION TO C++ 1

Objectives 1
Why Study C++? 1
1.1 Our First C++ Program 3
1.1.1 The Program Development Cycle 3
1.1.2 Errors in the Cycle 7
1.1.3 Displaying a Two-Line Message: dem01-1.cpp 8
1.1.4 Comments 9
1.1.5 The Function main() 10
1.1.6 The Output Stream cout 11
1.1.7 The return Statement 13
1.1.8 The Preprocessor Directive #include 13
1.1.9 The using Directive 14
1.1.10 Execution of dem01-1.cpp 15
1.1.11 Keywords, Multiline Comments, and Escape Sequences 15
1.1.12 About the Exercises, Experiments, and Programming
Problems 16
1.2 Integers and Arithmetic 20
1.2.1 Identifiers 20
1.2.2 Variables 20
1.2.3 Using Integer Variables: dem01-2.cpp 22
1.2.4 Variable Declarations 23
1.2.5 Asking the User for Input: Prompts 24
1.2.6 The Input Stream cin 24
1.2.7 The Input Buffer 25
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1.2.8 The Assignment Operator and Integer Constants 25

1.2.9 The Arithmetic Operators 26
1.2.10 Operator Precedence Rules 28
1.2.11 The Object cout Revisited 30
1.3 Solving a Problem with Integers 32
1.3.1 Problem 1.1 32
1.3.2 The Program prb01-1.cpp 33
1.3.3 Header Files 34
1.3.4 Defined Constants 34
1.3.5 Declaration of Variables 35
1.3.6 The Prompts and Calculations 35
1.3.7 The Output: I/O Manipulators 35
1.4 Other Integer Data Types 36
1.4.1 Unsigned, Long, and Short Integers 36
1.4.2 Mixing Data Types 37
1.4.3 Using the Other Integer Types: Problem 1.2 38
Chapter Review 42
Terminology 42
Summary 43
Review Exercises 43

2. REAL NUMBERS 45
Objectives 45
2.1 Real Numbers 45
2.1.1 Real-Number Variables and Constants 45
2.1.2 Input and Output of Real Numbers 47
2.1.3 Outputting Decimal Numbers 47
2.1.4 Calculating Sales Tax—dem02-1.cpp 48
2.2 Solving Problems with Real Numbers 52
2.2.1 Simulating a Cash Register—Problem 2.1 52
2.2.2 Program Design 53
2.2.3 The Program prb02-1.cpp 53
2.2.4 Discussion of prb02-1.cpp 55
2.2.5 Averaging Quiz Grades—Problem 2.2 55
2.2.6 Program Design—Mixed Types and Type Casts 55
2.2.7 The Program prb02-2.cpp 57
2.2.8 Metric Conversion—Problem 2.3 58
2.2.9 Program Design 59
2.2.10 The Program prb02-3.cpp 61
2.3 More on Arithmetic 64
2.3.1 The Value of an Expression 64
2.3.2 Multiple Assignment Statements 65
2.3.3 The Compound Assignment Operators 66
2.3.4 Increment and Decrement Operators 69
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2.4 Three Difficulties When Displaying Decimal Numbers with cout 75

Chapter Review 78
Terminology 78
Summary 78
Review Exercises 79

3. ITERATION 80

Objectives 80
3.1 Relation Conditions 80
3.2 Indefinite Iteration: The while and do Statements 83
3.2.1 The while Statement 83
3.2.2 An Example of Indefinite Iteration: The char Data Type 85
3.2.3 Using cin.get() 87
3.2.4 The Program dem03-1.cpp 87
3.2.5 Embedded Assignment—Recoding dem03-1.cpp 90
3.2.6 The do-while Loop 91
3.3 Solving a Problem with Indefinite Iteration 96
3.3.1 Problem 3.1 96
3.3.2 Program Design 96
3.3.3 The Program prb03-1.cpp 98
3.3.4 More on Control-Expressions 102
3.4 Definite Iteration 105
3.4.1 The for Statement 105
3.4.2 An Example of Definite Iteration 109
3.4.3 Calculating Interest on a CD—Problem 3.2 111
3.5 Nested Loops 118
3.5.1 Nested while Loops 118
3.5.2 Nested for Loops 121
Chapter Review 126
Terminology 126
Summary 126
Review Exercises 127

4. DECISION MAKING 128

4.1 Basic Decision Making 128

4.1.1 The if Statement 128
4.1.2 Calculating a Payroll with Overtime—Problem 4.1 131
4.2 Compound Conditions—The Logical Operators 139
4.2.1 The not Operator, ! 139
4.2.2 The and Operator, && 139
4.2.3 Testing for a Digit—dem04-1.cpp 140
4.2.4 The or Operator, || 141
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4.2.5 The Program dem04-2.cpp 141

4.2.6 Precedence Rules 142
4.3 Nested if Statements 146
4.3.1 Coding a Nested if Statement 146
4.3.2 Calculating a Payroll—Problem 4.2 150
4.3.3 Program Design 150
4.3.4 Character Input 151
4.3.5 The Program prb04-2.cpp 153
4.4 The switch Statement 161
4.4.1 Calculating Real Estate Commission—Problem 4.3 162
4.4.2 Program Design 162
4.4.3 The Program prb04-3.cpp 164
4.4.4 More on break 166
4.4.5 The continue Statement 168
Chapter Review 172
Terminology 172
Summary 172
Review Exercises 173

5. FUNCTIONS 174

Objectives 174
5.1 The Function Concept 175
5.1.1 How Functions Work 175
5.1.2 A Function with No Arguments and No Return Value 176
5.1.3 The Function Prototype and Definition 177
5.1.4 A Function with Arguments and No Return Value 181
5.1.5 Defining and Using a Function that Has Arguments 184
5.1.6 Passing Arguments by Value 186
5.2 User-Defined Functions that Return a Value 191
5.2.1 Calculating Grades Using a Function 191
5.2.2 Calculating Grades—The Program dem05-4.cpp 192
5.2.3 Variable Attributes 194
5.2.4 Scope 195
5.2.5 Duration—Storage Class 199
5.3 Programs that Use Functions 203
5.3.1 Problem 5.1—Moving Costs 203
5.3.2 Program Design 203
5.3.3 The Program prb05-1.cpp 204
5.3.4 Problem 5.2—Calculating Simple Interest 206
5.3.5 Program Design 207
5.3.6 The Program prb05-2.cpp: 208
5.3.7 Discussion of the Program 212
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5.3.8 Testing the Program 212

5.3.9 Problem 5.3—Calculating Commissions: Data Validation 214
5.3.10 Program Design 215
5.3.11 The Program prb05-3.cpp 217
5.3.12 Discussion of the Program 222
5.4 The C++ Math Library Functions 227
5.4.1 The Library Function pow() 227
5.4.2 The Library Function sqrt() 228
Chapter Review 231
Terminology 231
Summary 231
Review Exercises 232

6. ARRAYS 234

Objectives 234
6.1 Basic Concepts 234
6.1.1 Definition of an Array 235
6.1.2 Declaring an Array 236
6.1.3 Referencing and Initializing Array Elements 236
6.1.4 Accessing Array Elements by Subscript 238
6.2 Processing an Array: for Loops 242
6.2.1 Using for Loops 242
6.2.2 Searching an Array 245
6.3 Sorting an Array 250
6.3.1 Sorting 250
6.3.2 A Sort Program—dem06-4.cpp 252
6.4 Multidimensional Arrays 256
6.4.1 Declaring Multidimensional Arrays 256
6.4.2 Processing a Two-Dimensional Array 258
6.4.3 Finding Student Averages—dem06-5.cpp 259
Chapter Review 264
Terminology 264
Summary 264
Review Exercises 265

7. POINTERS AND C-STRINGS 266

Objectives 266
7.1 Pointers 266
7.1.1 Declaring and Initializing Pointers 266
7.1.2 The Indirection Operator 270
7.1.3 Pointers and Arrays 272
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7.2 C-Strings 277

7.2.1 Defining and Initializing a String 277
7.2.2 String Input and Output 278
7.2.3 String Constants as Pointers 280
7.2.4 Counting Characters in a String 281
7.2.5 Displaying a String in Reverse 282
7.2.6 Counting Words in a String 285
7.3 Arrays of Strings and Pointers 290
7.3.1 Defining an Array of Strings 290
7.3.2 Using an Array of Strings 291
7.3.3 Using an Array of Pointers to Store Strings 294
Chapter Review 297
Terminology 297
Summary 298
Review Exercises 298

8. POINTERS, ARRAYS, AND FUNCTIONS 299

Objectives 299
8.1 Pointers, Reference Variables, and Functions 299
8.1.1 Call By Address—Pointers as Function Arguments 300
8.1.2 Swapping Variable Values—An Example of Call
by Address 302
8.1.3 Reference Variables and Call by Reference 303
8.2 Arrays and Functions 309
8.2.1 Passing an Array to a Function 309
8.2.2 Sorting an Array 312
8.3 Strings and Functions 318
8.3.1 Using a Function to Count the Characters in a String 318
8.3.2 Using a Function to Reverse a String in Place 320
8.3.3 A Function that Returns a Pointer 321
8.4 The Standard Library String Functions 326
8.4.1 The Length of a String—The Function strlen() 326
8.4.2 String Assignment—The Function strcpy() 327
8.4.3 Comparing Strings—The Function strcmp() 329
8.4.4 Pasting Strings Together—The Function strcat() 331
8.4.5 Using the String Functions—dem08-9.cpp 332
8.5 Character Classification and Conversion Functions 336
8.5.1 The Character Classification Functions 336
8.5.2 The Character Conversion Functions 338
8.5.3 Putting the Functions to Work—Testing for a Palindrome 340
8.5.4 Numeric Conversion Functions and Numeric Validation 346
8.6 Dynamic Memory Allocation 351
8.6.1 The Heap 351
8.6.2 Static, Automatic, and Heap Memory 354
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8.6.3 The Program dem08-15.cpp 355

8.6.4 A Second Example 356
Chapter Review 360
Terminology 360
Summary 361
Review Exercises 361

9. USER-DEFINED DATA TYPES AND TABLES 363

Objectives 363
9.1 The typedef and enum Statements 364
9.1.1 The typedef Statement 364
9.1.2 The enum Statement 366
9.1.3 An Example Using typedef and enum 367
9.2 Structures 371
9.2.1 Defining a Structure 371
9.2.2 Accessing Structure Members 372
9.2.3 Initializing a Structure Variable 375
9.2.4 More Complicated Structures 375
9.2.5 Assigning One Structure Variable to Another 377
9.3 Arrays of Structures: Tables 379
9.3.1 Defining a Table Using Structures 380
9.3.2 Loading Table Values 381
9.3.3 Sorting a Table 385
9.3.4 Searching a Table 390
9.3.5 Sequential Search 392
9.3.6 Binary Search 397
9.4 Structures, Functions, and Pointers 407
9.4.1 Functions and Structures 407
9.4.2 Pointers to Structures 413
9.4.3 Structure References 418
Chapter Review 424
Terminology 424
Summary 424
Review Exercises 425

PART II Object-Oriented Programming 426

10. THE string CLASS: AN INTRODUCTION TO CLASSES AND OBJECTS 426

Objectives 426
10.1 Objects, Classes, and Object-Oriented Systems 427
10.1.1 Familiar Classes and Objects 428
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10.2 Introduction to string Objects 430

10.2.1 Instantiating and Outputting string Objects 430
10.2.2 String Input 432
10.3 Operations on string Objects 438
10.3.1 String Assignment 438
10.3.2 Concatenation 438
10.3.3 Length of a String 439
10.3.4 Accessing Individual Characters in a String 441
10.4 Making Decisions with Strings 444
10.4.1 Equality 444
10.4.2 Inequality 444
10.5 Functions and string Objects 446
10.5.1 Testing for an Empty String 447
10.5.2 Functions that Use string Objects 447
10.6 Manipulating string Objects 451
10.6.1 Finding a String in a String 452
10.6.2 Searching for any Character from a Given List 453
10.6.3 Extracting a Substring from a String 453
10.6.4 Combining string Methods 453
10.6.5 Inserting and Removing Substrings 454
10.6.6 Program dem10-8.cpp 455
10.7 Putting Strings to Work 458
10.7.1 Problem 10.1—Removing and Printing Words
from a String 458
10.7.2 Discussion of prb10-1.cpp 460
10.7.3 Problem 10.2—The Palindrome Problem Revisited 461
10.7.4 Problem 10.3—Sorting a Table Revisited 464
10.8 Arrays of Strings 470
Chapter Review 473
Terminology 473
Summary 473
Review Exercises 474

11. PROGRAMMER-DEFINED CLASSES AND OBJECTS 476

Objectives 476
11.1 Declaring Objects and Classes 476
11.1.1 Defining a Class 477
11.1.2 Class Methods 479
11.1.3 The Class Constructor 480
11.1.4 Methods 482
11.1.5 The Program dem11-1.cpp 482
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11.1.6 Discussion of dem11-1.cpp 484

11.1.7 The Relation between class and struct 485
11.2 A More Useful Class – Accessor and Mutator Methods 487
11.3 Constructor Overloading and Destructors 496
11.3.1 Constructor Overloading 496
11.3.2 Destructors 500
11.4 Default Arguments and Object Assignment 504
11.4.1 Default Arguments 504
11.4.2 Assigning One Object to Another 507
11.5 General Function Overloading and Function Templates 511
11.5.1 General Function Overloading 511
11.5.2 Function Templates 513
Chapter Review 517
Terminology 517
Summary 517
Review Exercises 518

12. MANIPULATING OBJECTS 519

Objectives 519
12.1 Using Arrays, Pointers, and Dynamic Memory Allocation 520
12.1.1 Array and Pointer Class Members 520
12.2 The Copy Constructor 528
12.2.1 The Copy Constructor: A Simple Example 528
12.2.2 A Copy Constructor For Savings_Account 533
12.3 Using const with Classes 540
12.3.1 Constant Objects and Methods 540
12.3.2 const in Pointer Declarations 543
12.3.3 Mixing Constant and Nonconstant Pointers 544
12.3.4 Constant Arguments in Functions 545
12.3.5 Constant Arguments and the Copy Constructor 547
12.3.6 Accessor Methods that Return Constant Pointers 547
12.4 Objects, Functions and Pointers 556
12.4.1 Functions that Return an Object 556
12.4.2 Passing an Object by Value 561
12.4.3 Pointers to Objects 568
12.4.4 Passing an Object by Pointer 570
12.4.5 References to Objects 574
12.4.6 Passing an Object by Reference 574
12.5 Dynamic Allocation of Objects 581
12.5.1 Using new and delete with Objects 581
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12.6 Static Data Members and Functions 588

12.6.1 Static Data Members 588
12.6.2 Static Methods 590
Chapter Review 598
Terminology 598
Summary 598
Review Exercises 599

13. INHERITANCE 600

Objectives 600
13.1 Inheritance 601
13.1.1 Examples of Inheritance and Basic Terminology 601
13.1.2 Defining Derived Classes 604
13.1.3 Constructors in a Derived Class 607
13.1.4 The Destructor in a Derived Class 609
13.1.5 The Copy Constructor in a Derived Class 612
13.2 Functions in Class Hierarchies 618
13.2.1 Inheriting a Function 618
13.2.2 Method Overriding 620
13.2.3 Using the Scope Resolution Operator 623
13.3 Polymorphism 629
13.3.1 The Class Hierarchy 629
13.3.2 Defining the Classes 630
13.3.3 Pointers in a Class Hierarchy 631
13.3.4 Virtual Methods and Polymorphism 634
13.3.5 Virtual Destructors 636
13.3.6 Putting Polymorphism to Work 641
13.4 Abstract Base Classes 649
13.4.1 Pure virtual Methods and Abstract Base Classes 649
13.4.2 The Loan Class 651
Chapter Review 661
Terminology 661
Chapter Review 661
Review Exercises 662

14. FILES 664

Objectives 664
14.1 Input/Output Streams 665
14.1.1 The Standard I/O Streams: Revisiting cin,
cout, and cerr 665
14.1.2 Text Files 666
14.1.3 User-Declared Files 667
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14.1.4 Declaring the File Object 667

14.1.5 Opening the File 668
14.1.6 Processing the File 670
14.1.7 Closing the File 670
14.1.8 Checking for Errors When Opening a File 672
14.1.9 Creating a Text File of Records 674
14.1.10 File Input 677
14.1.11 Processing a Text File of Records 679
14.1.12 File Input/Output 681
14.2 Processing a File One Character at a Time 686
14.2.1 The get() and put() Methods 687
14.2.2 Output to the Printer 689
14.3 Random File Access 692
14.3.1 Text and Binary Files 692
14.3.2 Random-Access Member Functions 694
14.4 Binary Sequential File Processing 699
14.4.1 Creating a Binary Sequential File of Records 700
14.4.2 Reading a Sequential File of Records 705
14.5 Random Record Input/Output 709
14.5.1 Random-Access File Update 709
14.5.2 Creating the File 709
14.5.3 Designing the Update Program 710
14.5.4 Program Code 713
Chapter Review 727
Terminology 727
Summary 728
Review Exercises 729

15. SPECIAL TOPICS: FRIENDS, OPERATOR OVERLOADING, MACROS,

AND INLINE FUNCTIONS 730

Objectives 730
15.1 friend Functions 731
15.1.1 Defining a friend Function 731
15.1.2 Inheritance and friend Functions 736
15.2 Overloading Basic Arithmetic Operators 738
15.2.1 Adding Two Objects 738
15.2.2 Adding an Object and an Integer 740
15.2.3 Operator Overloading Rules 743
15.3 Overloading Assignment and the this Pointer 745
15.3.1 Overloading Assignment 745
15.3.2 The this Pointer 747
15.3.3 Inheritance and Overloaded Operators 752
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15.4 Overloading the Insertion and Extraction Operators 754

15.4.1 Overloading the Insertion Operator 754
15.4.2 Overloading the Extraction Operator 759
15.5 Overloading Compound Assignment Operators 763
15.5.1 Overloading += and –= 763
15.6 Overloading Relational Operators 768
15.6.1 Overloading == 768
15.7 Overloading Unary Operators 775
15.7.1 Overloading ++ 775
15.7.2 Overloading the Post-Increment ++ 775
15.8 Macros and Inline Functions 779
15.8.1 Symbolic Constants Using #define 779
15.8.2 Macro Definitions 780
15.8.3 An Example Using Macros—The Conditional Operator 782
15.8.4 Functions vs. Macros 785
15.8.5 Inline Functions 785
Chapter Review 788
Terminology 788
Summary 789
Review Exercises 790

APPENDIX A COMPUTERS AND DATA 791

APPENDIX B PROGRAM CONTROL 803
INDEX 819
Preface

C++ for Business Programming, Second Edition is an introduction to C++ program-

ming. The power of C++ lies in its object-oriented extensions of the C language. How-
ever, we believe that for beginning students it is best to learn the basics of
programming without the extra encumbrance of having to learn object-oriented con-
cepts. Therefore, the book is divided into two sections. Part I, “Basic C++,” covers the
procedural parts of C++. Part II, “Object-Oriented Programming,” covers all the es-
sential object-oriented ideas through inheritance and polymorphism.
Unlike most books on C++, which emphasize applications to computing or math-
ematics, this book emphasizes business applications. Therefore, the book is most ap-
propriate for business and information systems students. The entire book can be
covered in one semester in a class of students who have a good background in pro-
gramming in another language. In such a class, it is possible to quickly cover the essen-
tial programming constructs from Part I and then concentrate on object-oriented
concepts and programming in Part II. For students who have little programming expe-
rience, we suggest covering Part I in one semester and Part II in a second semester. The
material in Part I can be supplemented as needed by material from Appendix A,
“Computers and Data,” and Appendix B, “Program Control.”
Throughout the book, we emphasize good pedagogy.

• Each chapter begins with a set of learning objectives.

• Each chapter ends with a review section that includes important terms, a chapter
summary, and review exercises.
• Concepts are explained in clear, understandable language and are illustrated by
many fully worked-out examples.
• Important definitions, concepts, and rules are appropriately highlighted in notes.
• Programming tips and pitfalls are noted in the margins of the text.
• One of the best ways to learn a programming language is to read programs in that
language. Therefore, every important idea is illustrated in an example program
and accompanying output. There are approximately 150 complete programs in
the text, each of which we very carefully explain.

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• The book contains over 800 exercises of varying types and levels of difficulty.
These exercises are placed at the end of each section rather than at the end of
each chapter so students can immediately reinforce their new knowledge. These
exercises include exercises, experiments, and programming problems.
º Almost every section contains exercises on the syntax and semantics of C++.
Most of these are of the paper and pencil type, although some require writing
a simple program.
º The experiments, which ask the student to investigate various aspects of the
C++ language, are a unique feature of the exercise sections. The experiments
improve the student’s understanding of the finer points of C++ and help the
student avoid common errors made by beginning programmers.
º The programming problems, which range from 10-20-line programs to full-scale
projects that require the use of several user-defined functions and/or classes,
are found in most sections of the book. The chapter-illustrative programs and
programming problems emphasize the business applications of C++.
• The book conforms to the ANSI C++ standard. All illustrative programs, howev-
er, can easily be adapted to nonstandard compilers. Therefore, the book can be
used with any C++ compiler.
• Topics are introduced on a need-to-know basis to provide motivation for the stu-
dent. Therefore, the book is not encyclopedic in its coverage of C++. In some
cases, all the relevant ideas surrounding a topic are spread throughout several
sections or chapters.
• Appendix A, “Computers and Data,” and Appendix B, “Program Control,” pro-
vide supplementary material for students who have a weak background in com-
puting. Appendixes A and B contain exercises.

CHANGES FROM THE FIRST EDITION

• The terminology and program constructs used have been updated to conform to
current practice.
• Several sections have been labeled as optional to improve the flow of the exposi-
tion and enable the reader and instructor to concentrate on the more important
concepts.
• In some chapters, notably Chapters 2 and 5, material has been rearranged to im-
prove readability.
• A section on the C++ Math Library functions has been added to Chapter 5.
• Chapter 12 in the first edition, “Friends and Operator Overloading,” has been
moved to the end of the book (Chapter 15) and has been renamed “Special Topics.”
• The section titled “Macros and Inline Functions,” has been moved from Chapter 5
to “Special Topics,” Chapter 15.
• The book now distinguishes C-style strings from objects in the string class.
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• To help students transition from Part I to the object-oriented concepts in Part II,
we include a transition chapter, Chapter 10, on the C++ string class. Object-
oriented concepts are introduced in this chapter so that students can begin in-
stantiating, using, and manipulating string objects without having to worry
about how to define a class.

CHAPTER OVERVIEW
Chapters 1–9 constitute Part I, “C++ Basics.” Chapter 1, “Introduction to C++,” intro-
duces the student to the basic anatomy of a C++ program. It covers the input and out-
put objects cin and cout, variables, integer data types, and arithmetic. Chapter 2,
“Real Numbers,” introduces the float and double data types, the compound assign-
ment, and increment and decrement operators.
Chapters 3 and 4 discuss the basic control structures of programming. Chapter 3,
“Iteration,” begins by covering relation conditions. Then it proceeds to discuss indefi-
nite iteration (the while and do statements), definite iteration (the for statement),
and nested loops. Chapter 4, “Decision Making,” covers the if statement, the logical
operators, nested if statements, and the switch statement.
Chapter 5 introduces the important concept of functions. Because the function is
new to most students, the concept is developed gradually—first with functions that do
not return a value, then functions having arguments, and, finally, functions that return a
value. We also include a discussion of scope and duration. An entire section is devoted
to discussing three programs that use functions. Special care is taken to show how the
program logic is modularized into functions. The chapter ends with a discussion of the
C++ Math Library functions.
Chapter 6, “Arrays,” shows how to properly define an array and reference its el-
ements. Care is taken to show how to use a for loop to process the elements of an
array. We also cover in some detail how to sort an array using the standard bubble
sort. Finally, we show how to declare and process multidimensional arrays.
Chapter 7 introduces pointers. To help the student understand this important
topic, we quickly put pointers to work by applying them to C-style strings. Illustrative
programs show how to count characters in a string, display a string in reverse, and
count words in a string. We also discuss arrays of strings and arrays of pointers.
Chapter 8, “Pointers, Arrays, and Functions,” reinforces the student’s knowledge
of strings and pointers. Call by address using pointers, call by reference, passing arrays
as function arguments, and functions that return pointers are discussed in detail. We
also cover some useful string library functions and character classification and conver-
sion functions. We also discuss the use of dynamic memory allocation using the new and
delete operators.
Chapter 9, “User-Defined Data Types and Tables,” discusses typedef, enumerat-
ed types, and structures. Special attention is given to the use of structures in defining
tables. A major application involves sorting and searching a table (an array of struc-
tures), including both sequential and binary searches. The chapter also discusses pointers
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to structures and using them as function arguments. This chapter can be omitted if time
is a consideration.
Chapters 10–15 comprise Part II, “Object-Oriented Programming.” Chapter 10,
“The string Class: An Introduction to Classes and Objects,” serves as a transition
from the emphasis on procedural programming of Part I to object orientation. The
chapter begins with a general discussion of object-oriented concepts. Then it illustrates
those concepts using the built-in string class. Sections discuss how to perform opera-
tions on string objects, how to manipulate string objects and make decisions with
string objects, and how to use string objects with functions. Upon completion of this
chapter, students should be comfortable with the object paradigm.
The material in Chapters 11–13 is unified through the gradual development of a
Savings Account class. As new object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts are in-
troduced, they are added to the Savings Account class. Chapter 11 introduces the read-
er to user-defined classes and objects. We discuss how to declare a class, instantiate
objects, and code methods, constructors, and destructors. The chapter ends with a thor-
ough discussion of function overloading and default method arguments.
Chapter 12, “Manipulating Objects,” is the longest chapter in the book. Some of
the topics, as outlined in the chapter introduction, can be omitted at first reading. The
chapter begins by discussing how to include array and pointer instance variables in a
class and how to use dynamic memory allocation in a constructor and destructor. Next,
the chapter discusses the copy constructor and when it is used. The many ways of using
the keyword const in C++ are then covered in detail. We also discuss functions that re-
turn objects as well as how to pass objects to functions by value, pointer, and reference.
Several of the issues relating to the dynamic allocation of objects are covered along
with the uses of static class data members and methods.
Chapter 13 covers the important concept of inheritance and related ideas. We use
one major example throughout most of the chapter to unify the material. After intro-
ducing the basic terminology of inheritance and how to construct a class hierarchy, the
chapter discusses the uses of methods in such a hierarchy and the concept of polymor-
phism. Pure virtual methods and abstract base classes complete the chapter.
Chapter 14 gives a thorough treatment of file processing in C++. The chapter be-
gins with a discussion of input/output (I/O) streams, the standard I/O class hierarchy,
and how to process simple text files. We then show how to process a file one character
at a time. Next, we discuss binary files and the random-access methods. These ideas are
then applied to the problems of processing a binary sequential file of records and to
randomly processing a binary file of records. The chapter culminates with a random-
file-access update program.
Chapter 15 covers several special topics. First we discuss the concepts of friend
functions and operator overloading. We emphasize the extensibility of the C++ opera-
tors by showing how to overload the arithmetic operators, assignment, the insertion
and extraction operators, the compound assignment operators, the relational opera-
tors, and the unary operators. We conclude the chapter with a discussion of the use of
macros and inline functions.
I thank Laura Steele and Alan Apt of Prentice Hall, who made the first edition of
this book possible. I also thank Kate Hargett and Mike Giacobbe for guiding me
through the second edition. A special thanks to Dean Susan Merritt of Pace University
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who gave this project and me her enthusiastic support for the many years it took to
complete. Thanks also to Chin-Mei Huang for her helpful comments on an early ver-
sion of the manuscript, Anna Kristoferitsch for helping to solve some of the chapter ex-
ercises and, especially, Kenyata Millet, who spent many long hours solving the
programming problems and exercises. I also thank Esther Amiri for the work she did on
the exercises and programming problems in chapter 10. I thank Professor Gerald Wohl
of Pace University for having the courage to use the first draft of this book in his C++
courses, for catching many errors and typos, and for providing me with many helpful
comments about the book, and the many readers and reviewers who provided valuable
input to the second edition. Finally, I thank my family—my wife, Maria, and my sons,
John and Charles—for the help and love they have given me.
A note about the typefaces used in this book: In the program outputs, data that
the user inputs in response to program prompts is set in boldface to distinguish it from
output produced by the programs.
Reviewers for this edition:
Dennis D. Howard, University of Alaska Anchorage
Nitin Kale, University of Southern California
Dan Calderwood, College of the Redwoods
Safoora Fatima, Devry University
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Chapter 1
Introduction to C++

OBJECTIVES

• To write a simple C++ program

• To use comments in a program
• To declare variables of different integer data types and decide when to use them
• To use the cout output stream to display strings and variable values
• To use the cin input stream to input data
• To use the arithmetic operators
• To understand and use the operator precedence rules
• To solve simple problems involving integers

WHY STUDY C++?

C++, pronounced “C plus plus,” is one of the most popular programming languages
used to develop computer applications. Many corporate computing departments have
adopted C++ as the language in which to develop in-house applications. Many soft-
ware vendors use C++ to write their application software. Why is C++ so popular and
why is learning it important?
• C++ is a “middle-level” language. Programming languages can be categorized as
high-level or low-level. Assembly languages are low-level languages. An assem-
bly language allows the programmer maximum control over the computer sys-
tem. The programmer can directly interface with and control the computer’s
hardware and operating system. This control comes at a price, however. Assembly
languages are hard to learn because they are highly symbolic and the program-
mer must take care of all the details of the program. Assembly-language pro-
grams are also difficult to maintain and debug. Perhaps most important,
assembly-language programs are not portable. An assembly-language program is

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specific to the hardware and operating system of the computer platform on which
it is developed. Thus, you cannot directly execute a PC assembly language pro-
gram on a Macintosh.
By contrast, high-level languages, such as COBOL, Visual Basic, and Java,
are easier to learn, maintain, and debug than assembly languages. The program
statements in such languages use English words and familiar mathematical sym-
bols to express instructions to the computer. Typically, each such instruction re-
places several equivalent assembly-language instructions. Thus, using a high-level
language is easier than using an assembly language. However, the price for this
ease of use is the loss of direct control over the computer system that you have in
an assembly language.
C++, although it is a middle-level language (and, therefore easier to learn
and use than an assembly language), contains many of the low-level capabilities
of an assembly language. Thus, C++ is sometimes called a “middle-level” lan-
guage. It is possible through C++ to attain almost as much control over the com-
puter as you can achieve with an assembly language.
• C++ is portable. Most high-level languages are portable in the sense that a pro-
gram written in a high-level language should execute, with minor modifications,
on several different computer systems. C++ is one of the most portable of all the
high-level languages. Properly written, a C++ program can run on several com-
puter systems with no modifications. Portability is important because it is now
common for a business to have several different types of computer systems (a
mainframe, minicomputers, workstations, PCs, and Macintoshes). A properly
written application in C++ should be portable to most, if not all, these systems.
Thus, portability eliminates the cost of developing the application several times
for different platforms.
• C++ is small. The C++ language does not contain many of the built-in features
present in other programming languages (such as in Visual Basic), which further
enhances its portability. For example, Visual Basic has about 150 keywords. (A
keyword is a word that has special meaning in the language.) C++, on the other
hand, has about 60 keywords. Visual Basic includes extensive capabilities to help
the programmer write programs. However, this greatly increases the complexity
of the Visual Basic language. In contrast, the designers of C++ tried to keep the
language as simple as possible by not building things into the language. Instead,
the programmer must use programmer-defined and built-in functions and classes.
This gives the C++ programmer great flexibility and allows the language to be
highly portable.
• C++ is an object-oriented extension of the C programming language. Dennis
Ritchie developed C at Bell Laboratories in 1972 to help write the UNIX oper-
ating system for the PDP-11 minicomputer. Today many mainframes and most
minicomputers, including Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) work-
stations, and many Intel-based PCs and servers use the UNIX or Linux oper-
ating system. All versions of UNIX/Linux contain a version of C as their native
language. In other words, UNIX/Linux speaks C. Why is this important?
 Section 1.1 Our First C++ Program 3

Before C, a systems programmer on such a computer system needed to use

assembly language to directly communicate with the computer. Now, along
with the applications programmer, the systems programmer can use C. In the
early 1980s, Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs developed C++, which is an
object-oriented extension of C.
C is an example of a procedure-oriented programming language. Thus, to
develop a C program to accomplish a task, the programmer breaks down the task
into a series of steps. On the other hand, to develop an object-oriented C++ pro-
gram, the programmer views the problem as a set of interacting objects, each with
its own properties and behaviors.

This book is divided into parts. In Part I, Chapters 1 through 9, we concentrate on

the non-object-oriented aspects of C++. This will enable you to learn the basic con-
structs of C++ without the additional burden of learning object-oriented terminology
and concepts. Chapter 10, in Part II of the book, introduces you to object-oriented
ideas through the C++ built-in string class. We then cover all the important object-ori-
ented constructs that make C++ one of the most powerful tools for development of ob-
ject-oriented software.
Finally, it is important for you to learn C++, even if you do not intend to become
a professional programmer. As a person who is professionally involved with comput-
ers, it is important that you know a little of the language that many programmers
speak. Not to do so would be like beginning your professional career in a foreign coun-
try not knowing a word of the native language. You would quickly find out that you
must learn some of the native tongue to perform efficiently on the job. In a similar way,
so that you can communicate effectively with your colleagues, you should learn at least
some of the “native tongue” of the modern programmer—C++.

1.1 OUR FIRST C++ PROGRAM

One of the best ways to learn about the basic features of a programming language is to
study a small program written in that language. In this section, we discuss a simple C++
program that displays a two-line message on the computer screen. Before we do so, we
discuss some general ideas about how to develop a program.

1.1.1 The Program Development Cycle

You must take several steps each time you develop a program. The following six steps
are typical when developing a C++ program. See Figure 1.1.

Step 1: Define the Problem It is very important that you understand the problem you
are trying to solve. Make sure you read the problem specifications carefully.
Know what data is to be input into the program and what form that data should
be in. Also, know what processing has to be done to that data. Finally, determine
what the expected output is supposed to be and what form the output must take.
For example, suppose you are asked to write a simple program that simu-
lates a calculator.The program is to ask the user (the person running the program)
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Step 1: Define

Step 2: Design

Step 3: Code

Step 6: Test
source
code

Step 4: Compile and Link

compile

object executable Step 5:

code link code Execute

Figure 1.1

to enter two numbers, then the program is to output the sum of the numbers. Be-
fore you start doing anything, you have to define this problem more completely.
For example, should the program ask the user to enter the numbers? If so, how
should the program ask? What kind of numbers are to be input? Must they be
whole numbers or can they be decimal numbers? Should the numbers be input
one number per line, or can they both be input on one line? After the numbers are
input and added, how should the result be displayed? Do you want the input num-
bers output along with the sum, or do you just want to output the sum? If you want
the input numbers as well as the sum to be output, how do you want it done—in
column format or on one line?
As you can see, there are many questions to ask even in this simple problem—
and we did not ask any questions about the processing, because adding is a simple
calculation. Imagine how complex it would be to calculate a person’s income tax!
The important point here is to ensure that you solve the correct problem. Make
sure that you understand exactly what you have to do before you start the next step
in the development cycle. If you are not sure what you need to do, ask the person who
wants you to develop the program. If you are writing the program for yourself, then
you have to make all the decisions. Do not waste time solving the wrong problem.
Step 2: Design the Program There are several ways of describing program design. Two
common methods are by flowcharts and pseudocode. A flowchart is a graphic de-
scription of a program design that uses combinations of various standard flowchart
symbols. Figure 1.2 shows some standard symbols and the operations they repre-
sent.We shall use flowcharts to represent only the basic program control structures.
Pseudocode (literally, “false code”) describes program design using English.
Pseudocode avoids the syntax of a programming language and, instead, emphasizes
 Section 1.1 Our First C++ Program 5

A group of program instructions that performs

Process Box a processing function

Tests a condition and takes one of two alternate

Decision Box paths, depending on the truth or falsity
of the condition

The beginning or end of a program

Terminal Symbol
or procedure

Indicates the direction of control

in the flowchart
Flowline

Where flowlines meet

Connector

Figure 1.2

the design of the problem solution. There is no standard form of pseudocode—you

make up your own rules. The only guideline is that the meaning of the pseudocode
should be clear to anyone reading it. We shall include a description of the
pseudocode of each program control structure that we introduce in the text. We
shall design most programs in Part I of this book using pseudocode.
When you design a program, it is important to check its logic before you
start to write the program code itself. If possible, have a friend or coworker check
your program design. The program designer is frequently too close to his or her
design to see some errors.
Step 3: Code the Program Note that in some cases, you do steps 3, 4, 5, and 6 (which
follow) in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Examples of IDEs
are Visual Studio.NET and Borland Enterprise Studio for C++ for the Win-
dows platform, and Code Forge for the Linux environment and KDevelop for
the UNIX environment. All the steps are performed selecting from pull-down
menus or clicking icons. All compiler error messages are listed in a window
separate from the edit window (see step 4). When you execute your program
(see step 5), it executes in a separate window. At no time do you have to leave
the IDE.
After you complete and check the program design, code the program. To
code a program means to translate the design from step 2 into a computer
programming language (C++, in our case). Code the program by entering it
into your IDE’s text editor, or any text editor on your computer system. Make
sure that you save the program to disk before proceeding to the next step.
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In the next step of the program development cycle, you will submit the pro-
gram code, called the source program or the source code, to the computer for
compilation.
Step 4: Compile and Link the Program The only language a given computer under-
stands is its own machine language. A machine language instruction is a binary-
coded instruction (consisting of zeros and ones) that commands the computer to
do one specific task, such as add 1 to a register. Each computer has its own ma-
chine language. The machine language for a Sun workstation is different from the
machine language of a Macintosh, which is different from the machine language
of an IBM PC, and so on. Because machine language is in binary, it is difficult to
write and find errors in machine language programs.
Because a computer understands only its own machine language, it cannot
execute high-level or middle-level language instructions directly. The computer,
using a program called a compiler, must translate middle-level and high-level lan-
guage programs into equivalent machine language programs. A compiler is a spe-
cialist. It translates only one high-level or middle-level language into a specific
machine language. A PC-based C++ compiler translates C++ into PC machine
language. The compiler cannot translate a different language (such as Java) and
cannot be used on a different type of computer (such as a Macintosh.)
A compiler has two main functions. First it checks the source program for
syntax errors. Syntax errors are errors in the grammar of the programming lan-
guage. If there are any fatal syntax errors (that is, errors so severe that the com-
piler does not understand the statement and cannot translate the statement into
machine language), the compiler will stop and notify you of the errors it found. If
the compiler finds no fatal errors, it translates each high-level language instruc-
tion into one or more machine language instructions. This machine language ver-
sion of the source program is the object program.
Although it is in machine language, the object program may not be ready to
execute. The program may contain references, called external references, to other
programs that a user may have written or that the C++ compiler provides for use
by all system users. In either case, you must use a program called a linker to
resolve these external references. The linker finds the other programs and makes
them part of your program. We call this process linking. The linker resolves ex-
ternal references and combines the object code with these other programs to pro-
duce the executable code. It is the executable code that the computer executes.
The steps necessary for you to compile and link a program depend on the
computer system and compiler on which you develop the program, and the IDE
you use. Some IDEs simply require selecting the compile and link options from
pull-down menus. Some IDEs require that you create a project in which to run
your program. Other IDEs require executing one or two statements at command
level to compile and link a program. Consult your program IDE’s manual or on-
line help for instructions on the procedure you must follow.
Step 5: Execute the Program Once you have compiled and linked the program, you
are ready to execute the program. Executing the program is usually quite simple.
In some IDEs, all you need to do is select the execute option from a menu or click
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an icon. On other systems, you need to execute the program at command level.
Consult your program development environment user’s guide for the procedure
you must follow.
Step 6: Test and Debug the Program Even if a program executes, it does not mean that
the program is correct. Even if a program gives correct results using some data, it
does not mean that the program will give correct results using another set of data.
Make sure that you test your program under as many conditions as possible to try
to catch errors.

1.1.2 Errors in the Cycle

The six steps in developing a program form a cycle—the program development cycle.
An error at any step can force you to go back to an earlier step and begin over. Fol-
lowing are some errors that can occur in the cycle.

Errors in Step 1: An error at the problem definition stage can affect the entire
program; make sure that you understand the problem you are supposed to solve.
Errors can arise in most of the following steps because of a faulty understanding
of the problem.
Errors in Step 2: After the initial program design, you or a friend might discover
a flaw in the design. If this is the case, you have to redesign part or the entire
program.
Errors in Step 3: Errors in step 3, coding the program, can be caught by the IDE.
Many IDEs color code different syntactic elements of a program. This makes it
easier to catch obvious mistakes in your coding. Make sure that you save your
program after each correction that you make. Some coding errors, however, are
not highlighted by the IDE. Therefore, after you have entered your program in
the IDE’s text editor, read the entire program. It is also a good idea to check a
printed version of the program.
Errors in Step 4: If the compiler finds any fatal errors in your program, it will not
complete the translation of your program into machine language. You will re-
ceive a list of error messages detailing the type and location of each error the
compiler found. Then, you must go back to step 3, correct your errors, and start
the process over. Besides fatal errors, the compiler also may advise you of what it
thinks are mistakes. The compiler usually calls these warnings. Warnings are not
serious enough to stop the translation, but the compiler thinks you should be
made aware of them. If the compiler issues warnings, the compilation will take
place. However, you should try to correct the source of these warnings before you
execute the program unless you coded the source of the warning on purpose.
Statements that cause the compiler to issue warnings can cause some very subtle
errors in program output when you execute the program. In short, do not execute
your program until you have removed all syntax errors.
After a successful compile, there can be an error in the linking process. Usu-
ally, a linker error is caused by the inability of the linker to resolve an external ref-
erence. The most common cause of this error is the misspelling of the name of an
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external program. The linker cannot find the misspelled program because it does
not exist. Whatever the cause of the linker error, you must find and correct it.
Errors in Step 5: Assuming the compilation and linking are successful, you can ex-
ecute your program. Two types of errors can now occur. First, the program may
end during execution because it cannot execute a particular instruction. This is a
run-time error. When a program abnormally ends, the computer displays a mes-
sage showing the type of error that occurred. You must now locate the cause of
the error (which could be in the data processed by your program, not in the pro-
gram itself) and make the necessary changes. Many compilers have techniques
that you can use to locate run-time errors. These techniques include step-by-step
tracing of program instructions and the ability to stop the program at a predeter-
mined place to inspect the values of variables. Consult your compiler’s user’s
guide or on-line help for instructions on how to locate run-time errors.
Errors in Step 6: While testing your program with different sets of data, errors can
occur that are difficult to detect. In fact, they could go unnoticed. Although a
program executes, produces output, and ends successfully, it is not necessarily
correct. Check your output to see if it is unreasonable or if it contains obvious er-
rors. If so, you must find the cause of the error. At this point in the program de-
velopment cycle, the error is probably a logic error. The compiler checks the
program for syntax errors, but it cannot check for errors in logic. Faulty program
design causes most logic errors. If your program contains a logic error, you must
find its cause (which is sometimes very difficult), go back to step 2, redesign, re-
code, reenter, recompile, relink, and retest the program (and hope that you do not
introduce new errors along the way).
Occasionally, faulty coding causes logic errors. Faulty coding is code that is syn-
tactically correct but incorrectly translates the program design into program code. If
your program contains faulty coding, locate and correct the faulty code, and then reen-
ter, recompile, relink, and retest the program. As we work through this book, we shall
point out some common errors caused by faulty coding.
The general rule of program development is catch errors early. A mistake in step 2
might not show until step 6. If this happens, you must go back to step 2 and start the
cycle again. This wastes your time, computer time, and money. Be cautious, and work
slowly and deliberately. If you are careful at the beginning of program development,
your efforts will pay off in the end.

1.1.3 Displaying a Two-Line Message: dem01-1.cpp

The following is our first C++ program, dem01-1.cpp, followed by its output. The pro-
gram contains features of C++ that we will use throughout this book. Read the pro-
gram carefully. After the program code, we explain each line of the program.
// dem01-1.cpp
// John C. Molluzzo
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
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int main()
{
cout << "This is our first C++ program." << endl;
cout << "It works!!!" <<endl;
cout << endl;
return 0;
}

Program Output
This is our first C++ program.
It works!!!

1.1.4 Comments
The first two nonblank lines of dem01-1.cpp are comments. A comment begins with
the two characters // and continues to the end of the line. The first comment gives the
name of the program and the second gives the author of the program. A comment is
not an executable statement. That is, a comment does not result in the computer tak-
ing any action. Comments, which can appear anywhere in a C++ program, help to
describe parts of the program and are a valuable documentation tool. For exam-
ple, comments might describe what a program’s variables represent or the purpose
of a section of the program. Remember that comments are not executable state-
ments and, therefore, the C++ compiler ignores everything from // to the end of
the line.
Comment your programs to explain their code. You can follow the style that we
use in the programs in this book, although programmers frequently use other com-
menting styles. Be sure to include at least the name of the program and your name as
comments in your own programs.
The first comment shows that the name of this program is dem01-1.cpp. We use
the convention that a C++ source-code program name should be eight or fewer charac-
ters in length (the characters can be letters, digits, and the hyphen), followed by the .cpp
file-name extension. This naming convention conforms to the requirements of most
C++ compilers. (Note: Many UNIX/Linux C++ compilers require the extension .C on
the name of a C++ source-code file.)
There is a blank line separating the two comment lines in dem01-1.cpp. You can
insert blank lines anywhere in a C++ program. We shall separate the important parts
of each program by one or more blank lines to enhance the readability of our pro-
gram code.
Comments can span several lines, as shown by the following.
// This is our first C++ program. This line is a comment line.
// It is common practice to write multiple-line comments
// like this.

Before explaining the #include and using lines in dem01-1.cpp, we discuss the
remainder of the program.
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1.1.5 The Function main()

A C++ program is a collection of functions that work together to solve a problem. We
shall not discuss the exact nature of a C++ function until Chapter 5. For now, think of a
function as a part of a program that performs a single task. The collection of functions
that make up a C++ program must contain exactly one function called main(). The
function main() controls the C++ program by executing C++ statements and other
functions. A C++ program automatically begins execution at the first executable state-
ment of the function main().
A function in C++ can either produce, or return, a value that can be used by the
system or it can produce no value at all. The word int that precedes the word main()
tells the C++ compiler that main() produces an integer value. In Chapter 5, we shall
discuss how to write functions that do not produce a value. For now, place the word int
before the word main().
The statements in main() must be enclosed in braces {...}. Thus the name main() is
followed by a left brace {, which begins the function main(). The left brace is followed by
the program statements.The program ends with the matching right brace }.When program
execution reaches this matching right brace, the program stops. Code the left and right
braces in main() in column one and indent the program statements two spaces. This in-
denting convention, which we use throughout the book, makes the program easier to read.
Each cout statement in dem01-1.cpp ends in a semicolon. Semicolons are very
important in C++, as stated in Note 1.1.

Note 1.1 Semicolons

Each statement in a C++ program must end in a semicolon. Omitting a required
semicolon will cause a compiler syntax error.
A common error is to code a colon rather than a semicolon at the end of a
statement, so be careful to use the correct punctuation.

A statement in C++, which can span several lines, ends with a semicolon in much
the same way as an English sentence ends with a period. Omitting a required semi-
colon would be like omitting a period in English—you would be writing the equivalent
of a run-on sentence.
Because C++ is statement oriented, we can code the function main() of
dem01-1.cpp as follows and cause no syntax errors.
int main(){ cout << "This is our first C++ program." << endl;
cout << "It works!!!" <<endl; cout << endl; return 0;}
This code, however, is hard to read. Note 1.2 gives a good rule of thumb to use
when coding a C++ program.
It is very important to keep in mind that C++ is case sensitive. That is, when coding
C++ statements there is a difference between uppercase and lowercase letters. Coding
int Main()
is incorrect because we used an uppercase M instead of a lowercase m in the word main.
When a C++ program begins executing, it looks for a function named main(), not a
 Section 1.1 Our First C++ Program 11

Note 1.2 Coding Statements

Code one statement on each line unless
• The statement is too long to fit on one line, or
• Writing the statement over several lines clarifies the meaning of the
statement.

function named Main(). Later, we shall adopt conventions for naming various C++ pro-
gram elements. These conventions will allow the use of uppercase letters to help us rec-
ognize the type of element each name represents. Until then, use lowercase letters for
everything except what appears inside double quotes "...", where you can use whatever
combination of letters you require.
The function main() can execute any of the following:
1. A built-in C++ statement. The program dem01-1.cpp does not contain any built-
in C++ statements. Much of this book is devoted to discussing the built-in C++
statements.
2. A function. The function main() can use any function whether it is a user-
defined function (one that the programmer defines and codes) or a standard li-
brary function (a precoded function that is part of the C++ system). We shall
learn about C++ functions throughout the rest of the book.
3. Operations on C++ streams, which we explain in the next section.
4. Other operations, which we shall encounter in later chapters.

1.1.6 The Output Stream cout

In C++, output is written to a data stream, which you can think of as a sequence of char-
acters. The stream cout (for “console output” and read as “see-out”) represents the
standard output stream, which is automatically “attached” to the user’s monitor when
the C++ program begins. Data can be sent to, or inserted into, the output stream cout
using the insertion operator, <<, which you can read as “is sent” or “gets”. Thus, read
cout << "Hello";
as “cout gets ‘Hello’” or “cout is sent ‘Hello’ ”.
Because the output stream is attached to the monitor, the data appears on the
screen. See Figure 1.3.
To insert a string (that is, a set of characters) into the output stream, enclose
the string in quotation marks. (Remember that you must end the statement with a
semicolon.) Thus,
cout << "This is our first C++ program.";
inserts the words "This is our first C++ program." into the output stream,
which, in turn, makes the words appear on the monitor, beginning at where the cursor
was when the statement was executed. If we follow the above cout by
cout << "It works!!!";
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Monitor Program
cout
<<

Use the output stream cout and the insertion operator << to send data to
the output stream.

Figure 1.3

the following would appear on the monitor:

This is our first C++ program.It works!!!

After the first cout executes, the cursor is left following the period after the word
program. Therefore, when the second cout is executed, the characters it sends to the
output stream appear beginning at the current location of the cursor, that is, immedi-
ately after the period.
To correct this problem, we use endl (end-of-line). When endl is sent to cout, it
forces the cursor to the beginning of the next line. Note that the last character in endl
is a lowercase l, NOT a 1 (the digit one).
cout << "This is our first C++ program." << endl;
cout << "It works!!!" << endl;

After the string "This is our first C++ program." is sent to cout, the state-
ment sends endl, which causes the screen cursor to move to the beginning of the next
line. Thus, more than one thing can be sent to cout in one statement by “cascading” the
<< operator. When several insertion operators are used in the same cout statement,
read the first one as “gets” or “is sent” and the subsequent ones as “followed by”.

This is our first C++ program.

The second of the two statements in our program displays "It works!!!" and then
sends endl to cout, which causes the cursor to move to the beginning of the next line.

It works!!!

The net effect is the following output.

This is our first C++ program.

It works!!!

One cout statement can display data on several lines. For example, the following
cout produces the same output as the two cout statements of dem01-1.cpp.
 Section 1.1 Our First C++ Program 13

cout << "This is our first C++ program." << endl << "It works!!!" << endl;
To obtain double spacing between the displayed lines, code the following.
cout << "This is our first C++ program." << endl << endl;
cout << "It works!!!" << endl;

This is our first C++ program.

It works!!!

1.1.7 The return Statement

The last statement executed by main() should be the return statement. As noted previ-
ously, we declare the function main() to produce an integer value. The return 0; state-
ment does two things. First, it ends the execution of main(). Second, it sends the integer
value 0 back to the operating system to indicate that the program ended normally. In
Chapter 5, we shall see how to construct functions that return other types of values or no
value at all.

1.1.8 The Preprocessor Directive #include

Compiling a C++ program is a two-step procedure. First, a program called the
preprocessor analyzes the C++ source-code program and carries out all preprocessor
directives. Each preprocessor directive begins with a # character in the first position of
a line. Therefore, in dem01-1.cpp, the line
#include <iostream>
is a preprocessor directive. The preprocessor carries out its directives before the second
step in the compilation procedure, which translates your program into machine code.
Preprocessor directives usually occur before the main() statement, as in dem01-1.cpp.
The #include directive causes the preprocessor to replace the line containing
the #include directive with the text of the named header file (so-called because it usu-
ally appears at the beginning of the program) that appears inside the angle brackets < >.
Thus, the text of the named header file effectively becomes part of your program and is
subsequently compiled along with your program statements.
Header files usually contain information about constants, functions, classes, and other
C++ elements that frequently appear in C++ programs. (We shall learn about these as we
proceed through this book.) The header file iostream, which stands for “input/output
stream”, is one of a standard set of system header files that every C++ compiler provides.
The header file iostream contains information about the standard input/output streams.
In particular, it contains information about the object cout, which appears in dem01-1.cpp.
Therefore, if you omit #include <iostream> from your program, the compiler will not
recognize cout and will generate an error. See Experiment 1.1.
We use the header file iostream so often that we shall adopt the rule of Note 1.3.
Note that the preprocessor directive
#include <iostream>
does not end with a semicolon because a preprocessor directive is not a C++ language
statement. A preprocessor directive is an instruction that the preprocessor carries out
prior to the compilation of the program. See Note 1.4.
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Note 1.3 The iostream Header File

Always code
#include <iostream>
in all your programs. Code it before main().

Note 1.4 Preprocessor Directives and Semicolons

Preprocessor directives do not end with a semicolon.

As we learn how to use other features of C++, we shall introduce other standard
header files. We also shall learn other preprocessor directives.

1.1.9 The using Directive

The C++ language compiler uses many files to build a C++ executable program. In ad-
dition to the source file, which is the C++ program that you code, the compiler uses one
or more header files, such as iostream, and libraries of standard and user-defined func-
tions to create the executable program. Therefore, many programmers, including you,
have been involved in writing the code that goes into making your program work. It is,
therefore, possible that two or more people might have used the same name for two
entirely different things. This would lead to a compiler error. To avoid such conflicts,
C++ provides the mechanism of the namespace, which divides the names that pro-
grammers can use into named scopes. The directive
using namespace std;

allows us to code in our programs cout (and later cin) without having to qualify
these by coding std::cout (and std::cin). The using directive basically says that
we can use all names within the std namespace (cout and cin are two such names)
without qualification.
Perhaps an analogy will help clarify the use of namespaces. Suppose I am at a
meeting of 40 people, two of which, besides me, are named John. If the committee
chairperson says “John, did you finish your report?”, there would be confusion about
which of the three Johns she is talking to. Therefore, the chairperson must qualify the
name by saying “John Molluzzo, did you finish your report?” However, when I am
home in my own “standard namespace” and my wife wants me to take out the garbage,
all she needs to say is “John, please take out the garbage.” Since I am in my own house
(my “standard namespace”), there is no need for her to qualify my name.
Note that the using directive is a requirement of the C++ standard, which was
approved in 1998. Older compilers will not recognize the using directive. If the using
directive causes errors when you compile dem01-1.cpp, you probably have an older
 Section 1.1 Our First C++ Program 15

compiler that does not conform to the new standard. In that case, remove the using di-
rective and recompile your program. It will then be necessary to make the same change
to all the sample programs in the book.

1.1.10 Execution of dem01-1.cpp

Now enter, compile, and execute the program dem01-1.cpp. How you do this depends
on the particular C++ compiler you use. Refer to your C++ language manual, your in-
structor, or a local expert. Some chapter exercises ask you to make slight changes to
dem01-1.cpp or to write your own simple C++ program. To do this, you must be famil-
iar with the editor that accompanies your compiler or a word processor that produces
ASCII text files. Again, refer to the appropriate language manual or your instructor.

1.1.11 Keywords, Multiline Comments, and Escape Sequences

Keywords. The word int as well as using, namespace, and return are examples
of keywords (or reserved words), which are words that have special meaning in
the C++ language. Table 1.1 lists the C++ keywords. You will learn the meanings
of many of these keywords as you work through this book.
Multiline Comments. Earlier in this section, we mentioned that you can make
multiline comments by prefixing each line with the double slash // as follows.
//This is the first of a multi-line comment.
//This is the third line.
//This is the final comment line.
Some programmers prefer to make multiline comments by using the
/*...*/ pair. C++ considers everything between the /* and the */ to be a com-
ment. Therefore, the previous comment can be coded as follows.
/*
This is the first of a multi-line comment.
This is the third line.
This is the final comment line.
*/

TABLE 1.1
asm do if return typedef
auto double inline short typeid
bool dynamic_cast int signed typename
break else long sizeof union
case enum mutable static unsigned
catch explicit namespace static_cast using
char export new struct virtual
class extern operator switch void
const false private template volatile
const_cast float protected this wchar_t
continue for public throw while
default friend register true
delete goto reinterpret_cast try
16 Chapter 1 Introduction to C++

All three lines between the /* and */ are considered comments. This tech-
nique is convenient when you want to comment out an entire block of code for
debugging purposes. However, be careful if you use this technique—remember to
end the comment with the */. Failure to do so will cause the compiler to treat
everything from the /* to the end of the file as a comment.
Escape Sequences. Using endl, as we did in dem01-1.cpp, is the most common way
to control line spacing in C++. A second, but less common way to control line
spacing is by using the newline escape sequence. Each escape sequence begins
with the backslash character \. The escape sequence that causes the cursor to
move to the beginning of a new line on the monitor screen is \n, the newline char-
acter. Therefore, the first of the following statements displays the string "This is
our first C++ program." and then causes the cursor to move to the beginning
of a new line. The two lines produce exactly the same output as dem01-1.cpp.
cout << "This is our first C++ program.\n";
cout << "It works!!!\n";

There are many escape sequences that you can use in a string that you send to
cout. Experiments 10, 11, and 12 ask you to experiment with some escape sequences.
Table 1.2 lists the common escape sequences. To use an escape sequence in a cout
statement, the escape sequence must be contained in a quoted string.

1.1.12 About the Exercises, Experiments, and Programming Problems

At the end of each section of this book is some combination of exercises, experiments,
and programming problems. You can do most of the exercises with paper and pencil,
although some may require you to write a short program. The exercises reinforce the
ideas discussed in the chapter. Try to complete as many as possible before going on to
the next chapter.
The experiments usually ask you to modify a program discussed in the text or ask
you to code and execute a simple program and interpret the output. Working with com-
puters is an experimental science. You can treat each of your programs as an experi-
ment: will the program work as you expect? To answer this question, carefully examine

TABLE 1.2

Escape Sequence Meaning

\a alert (bell)
\b backspace
\f form feed
\n new-line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\' single quotation mark
\" double quotation mark
\\ single back slash
\? question mark
 Section 1.1 Our First C++ Program 17

and interpret the output of the program (the result of the experiment) and decide
whether the program (the experiment) worked correctly. Chemists, physicists, and bi-
ologists learn from both successful and failed experiments. You also can learn a great
deal about programming from programs that work as required and from programs
that do not work as required. In addition, the experience gained from doing the ex-
periments will help you avoid making mistakes when writing your own programs. Try
to do as many experiments as possible. The more you do, the more you will learn.
The programming problems range in difficulty from simple, straightforward
problems to problems that require considerable time to design, code, and test. Attempt
at least one programming problem in each chapter. In each programming problem, de-
sign the program, write the code, compile the program, and then test the program with
sample input data.

Exercises 1.1
1. What is wrong with the attempt at a multiline comment in main()?
// dem01-1.cpp
// John C++. Molluzzo

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{ // This is the body of the
function main()
cout << "This is our first C++ program." << endl;
cout << "It works!!!" << endl;
return 0;
}

2. What, if anything, is wrong with the following cout statement?

cout >> "My name is Maria; << endl

3. What, if anything, is wrong with the following program?

#Include <iostream> main(){ cout << "Is there something
wrong " << endl << endl cout << "with this program"?; }

Experiments 1.1
For each experiment concerning dem01-1.cpp, start with a fresh copy of dem01-1.cpp
and make the indicated changes.
1. Delete the #include <iostream> preprocessor directive from dem01-1.cpp. At-
tempt to compile and execute the resulting program. What message does your
compiler issue?
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2. As mentioned in this section, C++ is case sensitive. Replace the i in the pre-
processor directive #include by I and compile the resulting program. What mes-
sage does your compiler issue? Now replace the word cout by COUT. What
message does the compiler issue?
3. Every C++ statement must end with a semicolon. Intentionally omit the semi-
colon at the end of the first cout statement in dem01-1.cpp and compile the re-
sulting program. What message does your compiler issue?
4. A preprocessor directive must not end with a semicolon. Put a semicolon at the
end of the #include directive in dem01-1.cpp and compile the resulting pro-
gram. What message does your compiler issue?
5. The body of the function main() must be enclosed in braces {}. Omit either the
left brace 5or the right brace6 in dem01-1.cpp and compile the resulting pro-
gram. What message does your compiler issue?
6. If you are not sure if your compiler conforms to the new C++ standard, write a
program that will find out.
7. If your compiler conforms to the new C++ standard, remove the using statement
from dem01-1.cpp and compile the program. What happens?
8. If your compiler conforms to the new C++ standard, remove the using statement
from dem01-1.cpp and replace all occurrences of cout by std::cout. Recompile
the resulting program. What happens?
9. If your compiler conforms to the new C++ standard, add the .h in the #include
directive in dem01-1.cpp. Recompile the resulting program. What happens?
10. A useful escape sequence is the horizontal tab \t. It works like the tab stops on a
typewriter. Enter, compile, and execute the following program. What does the tab
escape sequence do?
// Tabs
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout << "One\tTwo\tThree\tFour" << endl;
cout << "\tFive\tSix\tSeven" << endl;
cout << "\t\tEight\tNine" << endl;
cout << "\t\t\tTen" << endl;
return 0;
}
Based on the output, at what positions are your computer’s tabs set?
11. Another useful escape sequence is the alert \a, also called the bell or audible
tone. Enter, compile, and execute the following program. What does the alert es-
cape sequence do?
// Alert
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
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int main()
{
cout << "\a\a\aWake up!" << endl;
cout << "The program ran!!" << endl;
return 0;
}

12. When outputting a string with the cout statement, the double quote " indicates the
beginning or end of a character string and the backslash \ denotes the beginning of an
escape sequence. If you want the character string you are displaying to contain either
of these characters, you must use a corresponding escape sequence. Enter, compile,
and execute the following program.What do the \" and \\ escape sequences do?
// Quotes and Backslashes
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout << "The following is enclosed in double quotes: \"Quote\""
<< endl << endl;
cout << This is a backslash: \\" << endl;
return 0;
}

Why are there two double quotes near the end of the first cout statement?

Programming Problems 1.1

1. Write a program that displays the following lines triple-spaced.
Hello!
This is your computer.
What is your name?

2. Write a program that has the same output as the program of Programming Prob-
lem 1, but uses just one cout statement.
3. Write a program that displays the following.
*********** * Welcome * ***********

4. Write a program that displays your first initial in block form using asterisks. For
example, the program that John writes would display the following.
*********
*
*
*
*
*****
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1.2 INTEGERS AND ARITHMETIC

The simplest type of numeric data that a programmer can define in a C++ program is
integer data. This section discusses how to declare and name integer variables, assign
values to them, and how to do arithmetic with them.

1.2.1 Identifiers
All programming languages, including C++, require that the programmer name vari-
ous items that a program uses. We refer to the names of these items as identifiers. An
identifier can be any name you choose as long it conforms to the rules of Note 1.5.

Note 1.5 Identifier Naming Rules

An identifier consists of up to 31 characters subject to the following rules:
1. The characters can be letters (uppercase or lowercase), digits, and under-
scores (_).
2. An identifier cannot begin with a digit.
3. An identifier cannot have the same spelling as a keyword.

The following identifier names are valid.

salary employee_discount _name4
x total_cost margin
Tax_Rate VAR Margin
Good programming practice requires that an identifier name reflect the purpose
or meaning of what the identifier represents. Thus, do not use the identifier p to repre-
sent the price of a computer. Instead, use either the identifier price or the identifier
computer_price.
An identifier cannot contain a space. Therefore, to improve readability, we shall
use the underscore to separate words. The identifier total_cost is easier to read than
the identifier totalcost. Although an underscore can be the first character in an iden-
tifier, we suggest that you avoid doing so to avoid conflict with identifiers used in sys-
tem header files. (Some programmers capitalize the second and subsequent words of
multi-word identifiers instead of using underscores. This naming method is called using
“in-caps” notation. For example, such programmers would use totalCost instead of
total_cost and totalGrossReceipts instead of total_gross_receipts.)
Do not forget that C++ is case sensitive. Therefore, the identifier profit_margin
is different from the identifier Profit_Margin.

1.2.2 Variables
A variable is a named location in the computer’s main memory that stores a particular
type of data. Because it is a location in computer memory, a variable can assume any
one of a set of permissible values. This is why we call such a location a variable.
 Section 1.2 Integers and Arithmetic 21

In a C++ program, we define a variable in a declaration. A variable declaration

begins with the variable’s data type, which tells the kind of data that a program can
store at the location named by the variable. There are many data types in C++, includ-
ing built-in data types and user-defined data types. The data type is followed by the
name of the variable, which is followed by a semicolon.
The name of a variable is an identifier and, as such, is subject to Note 1.5. How-
ever, we shall adopt the variable naming convention of Note 1.6. Remember that this is
just a convention, that is, a rule that is used in this book, and is not a rule of the C++
language.

Note 1.6 Variable Names

We use only lowercase letters and the underscore for names of variables.

For example, the following is a variable declaration.

int i1;
In this declaration, the keyword int means that the named variable, i1, is of the
integer data type. Depending on a particular platform (a platform consists of the com-
puter hardware, operating system, and C++ compiler being used), an integer can be
two bytes (16 bits) or four bytes (32 bits). If two bytes (16 bits) are used to represent an
integer, 2 16 = 65536 integers (positive, negative, and zero) can be represented in an in-
teger variable. Half the integers in this range are negative (that is, less than zero) and
half are nonnegative (that is, greater than or equal to zero). Therefore, such an integer
variable would have a value in the range - 32768 to + 32767. (In computers that store
int-type variables in four bytes, the range for an int variable is the same as that for a
long. We discuss the type long and its range of values later in this chapter.) Experi-
ment 4 at the end of this section shows how to use the sizeof operator (which deter-
mines how many bytes a data type occupies) to find out how many bytes an integer
variable occupies on your computer.
Note that in many of the examples and demonstration programs in this book, we
shall use short names for some variables to shorten the code. For example, it is com-
mon practice to use i, i1, i2, j, and k, and so on, to represent generic integer variables,
and r, s, t, x, y, and z to represent generic double variables (see Chapter 2). However, in
our longer programs, we will use meaningful names for our variables as you should in
all your program solutions to the programming problems.
It is possible to declare more than one variable in one declaration. For example,
the following declares three integer variables i1, i2, and sum.
int i1,
i2,
sum;

Alternatively, you can write all the variables on one line as follows.
int i1, i2, sum;
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Note in both cases that there is a comma after each instance of i1 and i2, and
that the declaration ends with a semicolon after the last variable name. You can declare
any number of variables of the same type by separating their names by commas and
ending the declaration by a semicolon.
A variable can be declared anywhere in a C++ program. However, a variable
must be declared before it is used. Although not required by C++, we shall adopt the
practice of placing each variable declaration at the beginning of main() on a separate
line. This improves the readability of our programs and allows us to place a comment
after a variable’s name to explain its function in the program. In later chapters, we shall
discuss when it is appropriate to declare a variable elsewhere in the program.
The value of a variable is the data stored at that location in computer memory.
Declaring a variable does not give the variable any specific value. A declaration simply
reserves storage for that variable in the computer’s memory and associates the de-
clared name with that storage. Before the program places data into a variable, the
value of the variable is meaningless to the program. In this case, we say that the vari-
able contains garbage. It is up to the programmer to make sure that the program places
meaningful data into each variable.

1.2.3 Using Integer Variables: dem01-2.cpp

The second program that we discuss in this chapter asks the user to input values for the
integers, does arithmetic on these values, and displays the results. To write this pro-
gram, you need to learn how to input values into the variables, how to do arithmetic,
and how to display the results.
The program dem01-2.cpp has the following four-part structure.
1. Declare the variables.
2. Obtain the data from the user.
3. Do the required calculations with the data.
4. Output the results.
Many programs in the first part of this book have this four-part structure. We dis-
cuss the new features of the program after the program code.
// dem01-2.cpp
// This program demonstrates the use of integers in C++.
// The user enters two integers. The program adds, subtracts,
// multiplies, and divides the integers and outputs the
// results of the calculations.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
// Declare the variables
int i1,
i2,
 Section 1.2 Integers and Arithmetic 23

sum,
difference,
product,
quotient,
remainder;
// Obtain the data from the user
cout << "Input an integer followed by a return: ";
cin >> i1;
cout << "Input an integer followed by a return: ";
cin >> i2;
// Do the arithmetic
sum = i1 + i2;
difference = i1 - i2;
product = i1 * i2;
quotient = i1 / i2;
remainder = i1 % i2;
// Output the results
cout << endl;
cout << "The sum of " << i1 << " and " << i2 << " is " << sum << endl;
cout << "The difference of " << i1 << " and " << i2 << " is "
<< difference << endl;
cout << "The product of " << i1 << " and “ << i2 << " is "
<< product << endl;
cout << "The quotient of " << i1 << " and " << i2 << " is "
<< quotient << endl;
cout << "The remainder when " << i1 << " is divided by " << i2
<< " is " << remainder << endl;
return 0;
}

Program Output
Input an integer followed by a return: 15
Input an integer followed by a return: 6
The sum of 15 and 6 is 21
The difference of 15 and 6 is 9
The product of 15 and 6 is 90
The quotient of 15 and 6 is 2
The remainder when 15 is divided by 6 is 3

1.2.4 Variable Declarations

The declaration in dem01-2.cpp reserves storage for seven integer variables but does
not place values into the seven storage locations. The program needs the variables i1
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and i2 to store the integers input by the user. It also needs the variables sum,
difference, product, quotient, and remainder to store the results of each arith-
metic calculation. Remember that because each of these variables is an integer, each of
their values must be in the range of an integer variable. Experiment 4 addresses the
question of what happens if one of these numbers is outside the permissible range.

1.2.5 Asking the User for Input: Prompts

The first cout statement in dem01-2.cpp, which is called a prompt, asks the program
user to enter an integer followed by a return. A program should always prompt the
user for the data that the program expects the user to enter. The prompt should be
short and should clearly specify the kind of data the user is to enter. Because the
prompt ends in a colon followed by a space, the cout leaves the cursor after this blank
space. The prompt looks like the following on the screen.

Input an integer followed by a return: _

1.2.6 The Input Stream cin

Just as output in C++ is done via the output stream, input is done via the input stream.
The input stream cin (for “console input” and read as “see-in”) is to input what cout is
to output: cin obtains the next data item from the input stream, which is attached to the
keyboard, and places it into the variable following the extraction operator, >>. When we
use the extraction operator on cin, cin obtains the next data item from the input
stream, that is, the next data item you type at the keyboard, and places a copy of it into
the variable that follows >>. See Figure 1.4. The statement cin >> i1; gets the integer
that the user enters at the keyboard in response to the prompt and places the integer’s
value into the variable i1.
The second cout statement in dem01-1.cpp prompts the user for the second inte-
ger. The statement cin >> i2; obtains the integer the user enters and places its value
into the variable i2.
The integer that the user enters can be preceded by a + or - sign, but it cannot
contain a comma or a decimal point. After retrieving the sign, if present, cin retrieves
only digits from the input buffer up to but not including the first non-digit it encoun-
ters. Thus, if the user enters 13,708 in response to the first prompt, cin will retrieve only
13 and assign it to i1. See Experiment 2.

Program
Monitor
Keyboard
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“It may have been that he wanted the monopoly of yourself,” said
Gaston, looking at her keenly and speaking in his quietest tones.
“Well, it’s more than you’ll ever want, then!” said Mrs. Vere, pertly;
“so you can just keep yourself out of the matter.”
“I have every intention of doing so, madam,” said Gaston, gravely. “I
know my place, and I value my peace of mind.”
Mrs. Vere flashed a quick, vindictive glance at him, as he uttered
these quiet words, and then turning to Margaret, she said:
“I want to ask you to join a little theatre-party I am giving to-
morrow evening, Miss Trevennon. There will be eight of us, and we
are going to see As You Like It, and have a little supper at my house
afterward. Now don’t say you have any other engagement.”
“Unfortunately I must,” said Margaret, conscious of the insincerity of
the qualifying term, and yet too grateful to Louis for preparing her
for this contingency to feel very contrite on account of it. “I have
already pledged myself elsewhere.”
“How tiresome!” said Mrs. Vere, darting a suspicious glance at Louis,
which he met with imperturbable gravity. “By-the-way, I called on
you while you were in Baltimore. I suppose you got my card.”
And, without waiting for an answer, she moved away, on Decourcy’s
arm, saying, as if half involuntarily:
“I detest that man.”
Decourcy, who was looking somewhat preoccupied, made no answer,
until she gave his arm a little jerk and said, with the petulance of a
child:
“What’s the matter with you? Why don’t you speak?”
“What can I say, except that I feel deeply sorry for poor Gaston, and
appropriately grateful that I do not happen to be in his place.”
He spoke in his softest tones, but Mrs. Vere knew instinctively that
her spell was, for the time being, broken. Well! it had been broken
before, she reflected, and she had always succeeded in mending it,
and she felt confident she could do so again.
Meantime, as Margaret and Louis walked away, to look for Mrs.
Gaston, the former said:
“Was it not rather odd that Mrs. Vere didn’t ask you to join her
party?”
“She did,” said Louis. “She wrote me a note, which was forwarded to
me in New York.”
“And what did you do?” asked Margaret.
“Excused myself on the score of another engagement.”
“But you didn’t——” she began, and then stopped with uplifted
eyebrows.
“I know,” he answered, smiling; “but I foresaw at least the possibility
that you would be propitious.”
“I think she’s angry with you about it.”
“Very likely. She’s been angry with me before.”
“I didn’t know, until to-night, that she was an old friend of Alan’s,”
said Margaret.
“Oh yes,” he answered, indifferently; “it’s an affair of long standing, I
hear.”
“What do you mean?” said Margaret, facing him with a sudden
surprise, and then, remembering the scene she had witnessed in the
conservatory, she averted her eyes, and was silent.
“I merely meant,” he answered, in a tone of quick regret, “that I
happened to hear Waring say that they were friends in London, last
year. Mr. and Mrs. Vere spent the season there, and your cousin
happening to be there also, naturally saw them often—all being
Americans together.”
At this point they caught sight of Mrs. Gaston, and Margaret
hastened to join her, and so the subject was very willingly dropped
by them both.
Cousin Eugenia declared and reiterated that Margaret had been a
shining success at this ball, but of that the girl thought and cared
little. But for many days to come, the recurring thoughts of that
evening brought with them certain memories that rankled, as well as
certain others that comforted and soothed.
 CHAPTER XIV.

“A ND so Mrs. Vere wanted you in her theatre-party!” said Cousin

Eugenia to Margaret, the next morning, as they were driving
about in a flutter of preparation for Christmas. Margaret had sent off
a charming box home, and she was now assisting Mrs. Gaston in the
completion of her various Christmas schemes.
“Yes,” she answered quietly, “and I declined.”
“Louis told me about it. It’s just as well you got out of it. He was
afraid he had ventured too far in advising you. He said he felt he had
no sort of right to do it, and that, in most cases, he should have held
his peace; but he couldn’t bear to think of you in the midst of Mrs.
Vere’s set, and he found the impulse to prevent it too strong to be
resisted.”
“He was quite right,” said Margaret, feeling a little throb of pleasure
in the considerate interest implied in what Mr. Gaston had said. “I
should not have wanted to go, in any case, but I might not have
known how to avoid it, and he gave me the means. I felt very
thankful to him. But what is it that makes both you and Mr. Gaston
distrust Mrs. Vere?”
Cousin Eugenia gave a little shrug.
“Mrs. Vere is extremely pretty,” she said, “and of course she has
admirers. She is certainly very free in her ways with them, but I
know no more than that, and I certainly don’t care to know more. I
asked Louis why he objected to your going with her, and he said,
with that frown of his, that you could not possibly find any pleasure
in her acquaintance. He would say nothing more, but I felt sure, by
the way he looked, that there was a good deal kept back.”
“I wonder at Alan Decourcy,” said Margaret.
“Do you?” said Mrs. Gaston. “I don’t. I have long since ceased to
wonder at any man’s admiring any woman.”
“But how can he? He is so fastidious.”
“Perhaps I used the wrong word,” said Mrs. Gaston; “to admire a
woman is one thing and to find her amusing is another. I fancy Mr.
Decourcy finds Mrs. Vere amusing—most men do, indeed—and your
cousin is the sort of man with whom that is paramount. With men of
a certain type the woman who can furnish them most amusement
will ever have the strongest hold upon them, and to that type I
rather think your fascinating cousin belongs. As I said, most men find
Mrs. Vere amusing, and as her husband does not look after her at all,
the coast is clear for them to come and be amused; and they come.”
“I don’t think Mr. Gaston finds her amusing,” said Margaret.
“Louis! I should think not!” said Mrs. Gaston, warmly. “My dear, you
don’t know Louis yet—perhaps you never will. Very few people
besides Edward and I know what that boy is. I know him, through
and through, and I unhesitatingly declare that he’s an angel. I
believe he’s of a different grain from other men. Mrs. Vere could no
more ensnare him than she could put shackles on a mist-cloud; and
for that reason—because she knows her usual darts are powerless
with him—she is feverishly anxious to get him in her toils. I’ll do her
the justice to say her efforts have been masterly. She’s left no stone
unturned. She’s tried the musical dodge, and invited him to warble
duets with her. That must have been a temptation, for you know how
he loves music, and her voice is charming. She’s tried the charity
dodge, and has come to him with tears in her eyes to get him to
make plans for cottages she proposed to erect for poor people on
her estate in the outer antipodes. He told me about that himself, and
what do you suppose was his answer to her appeal? He told her that
when she had made arrangements with the builder to go to work, to
tell the latter to write to him on the subject and he would gladly
furnish the plans for her cottages and feel himself honored in
advancing her good work—begged her not to mention the question
of payment, and bowed her out of his office with the assurance that
the builder’s letter should find him most willing to co-operate, and
insisted that she should wash her fair hands of these dry business
details and leave them entirely to the builder and himself. She
plucked up courage on the landing, to tell him she had some plans to
submit. He replied to this that, as he had long since submitted
himself and all his designs and aspirations to his partner, and as he
did not venture to call his soul, much less his squares and angles, his
own, without the approbation of Mr. Ames, her plans must be
submitted to the firm at New York, where he would promise to give
them his circumspect attention under the judicious eye of his chief. It
must have been a funny scene,” said Cousin Eugenia, smiling. “Poor
Mrs. Vere! She let him alone severely for some time after that, but
she finally began again on another tack. I think she is beginning to
understand now that there is one man who can resist her, and when
once she is quite persuaded that she is vanquished, how she will
hate him! There’s nothing she wouldn’t do to avenge herself; but I
fancy Louis is as far beyond the range of her revenge as he is of her
fascination. The truth is, as to Louis,” Cousin Eugenia went on, after
a moment’s pause, “that he’s radically cold-blooded. He’s affectionate
to his friends and relatives, and really fond of many of them, but he’s
absolutely unemotional—not to be roused to deep feeling. But for
this fact I fear Mrs. Vere’s efforts would have been long since
crowned with success. It is really a valuable trait for a man to have,
if it were only for its uniqueness, but occasionally it’s a little bit
exasperating. Who but Louis, for instance, would have lived all these
weeks in the same house with a charming girl like you without
falling, at least a little, in love with her? For you are a charming girl,
my dear, and Louis accurately appreciates the fact; but there it ends.
At first I thought I saw signs of a speedy capitulation, but it came to
nothing. I ought to have known the frogginess of my brother-in-law
better. I should have liked Louis to fall in love with you, no matter
how it ended. It would have been nice to have you for a sister and
neighbor, and if that was not to be, it would have been a satisfaction
to see Louis stirred out of his eternal calm, and concerning himself
about something over and above designs and estimates. But I am
afraid I am never to have the supreme delight of seeing Louis love-
lorn. And you, my dear,” said Cousin Eugenia, turning to look at her,
“I begin to fear you’re not very far from being rather froggy yourself.
It’s a very good thing that you’ve taken no more of a fancy to Louis,
as it all turns out—(I fancied you, too, were in some danger at first!)
—but I do wonder how you have kept so cool about that captivating
young man, your cousin, with his sweet, caressing smiles and artful,
foreign ways. The Mrs. Vere episode would have been rather a blow,
I fear, if you had set your affections in that quarter.”
“On the whole,” said Margaret, smiling, “it seems to me that I am
escaping a good many breakers by remaining fancy free. But here we
are at our destination.”
And so the conversation ended.
During this day—the one that followed the party—Margaret received
a note from Charley Somers, bearing a Washington post-mark.
Observing this, her first angry thought was to return it unopened, so
indignant was she at his persistence, and when she presently
decided to read it, its humble and imploring tone did not mollify her
in the least. Her letter of course had not reached him, and he had
grown impatient and concluded not to wait to hear from her.
She wrote him a few lines, declining explicitly to see him, feeling
herself justified in taking so extreme a measure, as lesser ones had
failed to repress the young man’s ardor.
 CHAPTER XV.

O N Christmas-eve, after dinner, as General and Mrs. Gaston, Miss

Trevennon and Mr. Louis Gaston were seated around the
drawing-room fire, a card of invitation was brought in by Thomas,
and delivered to General Gaston. As he took it and scanned it
through his glasses, a perceptible gleam of satisfaction came into his
eyes, and he handed it to Mrs. Gaston, saying:
“A card for General Morton’s supper.”
“Indeed!” returned his wife, with a reflection of his gratified
expression. “Really, this is very kind.”
As she took the card and looked at it, Margaret surveyed her
wonderingly. Turning her eyes away from her cousin’s face, an
instant later, she saw that Louis Gaston was regarding her with a
sort of deprecating amusement. He was seated near to her, and so
he alone distinguished her words, when she murmured, in an
undertone:
“‘How strange are the customs of France’!”
She smiled as she said it, and Cousin Eugenia, who saw the smile,
but missed the words she had uttered, said explainingly:
“This supper of General Morton’s is an annual affair. He has given
one on New Year’s night ever since he has been in Washington. They
are limited to twenty-five gentlemen, and of course these are
carefully selected. It is always the most recherché stag-party of the
season, and one is sure of meeting there the most distinguished and
agreeable people the city will afford. He has always been so kind in
asking Edward, though of course the invitations are greatly in
demand, and residents cannot always expect to receive them.”
Nothing further was said about the matter just then, but it was
evident that this attention from General Morton had put Mrs. Gaston
in unusually high spirits, and her husband, on his part, was scarcely
less elated.
A little later, when Louis and Margaret happened to be alone, the
former said:
“I wish you would tell me what it was that amused you about that
invitation. The system of social tactics, of which you are the
exponent, begins to interest me extremely. What was it that brought
that puzzled look to your face just now?”
“Shall I really tell?” the girl asked, doubtfully.
“Pray do—frankly. I’m so interested to know.”
“I was wondering who this General Morton could be, that a card to
his supper should be deemed such an acquisition. I have discovered
the fact that you Gastons are proud of your lineage, and, as I have
heard it said that yours is one of the few really historical families of
America, perhaps it should not be wondered at. Who then, can
General Morton be, I was thinking, to be in a position to confer
honor on the Gastons? I suppose he’s some one very grand, but I’m
such an ignoramus that I really don’t know who the Mortons are,
when they’re at home.”
“I believe Morton’s origin was very common,” said Louis. “Certainly,
he has no sort of claim to aristocratic distinction. He has a high
official position and is very rich and a very good-natured, sensible
sort of man, but it is out of the question that he could, socially
speaking, confer honor upon my brother.”
“And yet it was evident,” began Margaret—but she stopped abruptly,
and Louis made no motion to help her out.
“Do you know,” he said, presently, “that, through your influence,
Miss Trevennon, I have been gradually undergoing certain changes
in my points of view. I am getting an insight into your social basis
and system, and, stubborn Yankee as I am, I must admit that there’s
something fine in it. I really think I begin to feel myself veering
perceptibly. Until I met you, I had no idea what a difference there
was between the Northern and Southern ideas of these matters.”
“But I must not be taken as a strict representative of the Southern
idea—nor you, I suppose, for a strict representative of the Northern
idea,” said Margaret. “At home, they think me a great radical. I have
no special respect for pedigrees in general. That one’s forefathers
should have been honest is the first thing, it seems to me, and that
they should have been social luminaries should come a long way
after.”
“You rather amaze me in that,” said Louis. “I thought there were no
sticklers for birth and ancestry like the Southerners.”
“It is perfectly true of a large class of them,” said Margaret; “but I
have seen too much of the degeneration of distinguished families in
the South, to have much sympathy with that idea. In too many
cases they have lacked the spirit to save them from such
degeneration, and, that being the case, what does their blood go
for? It ought to go for nothing, I think—worse than nothing, for if it
has any virtue at all, it should make its possessors independent and
manly.”
“You have sometimes sneered a little gentle sneer at the Gaston
pride—have you not?” said Louis; “and I’ve sometimes thought it
odd, because I had always been told that the pride of the Southern
people is unprecedented.”
“It is of a different sort,” said Margaret; “for instance——”
But she checked herself, and colored.
“Oh, pray give me the example,” said Louis, earnestly. “Illustrations
are such helps. I beg you will not let any over-sensibility prevent
your speaking plainly. It may be that you’ve got the best of these
social questions. I want to be able to judge.”
“How honest and fair you are!” said Margaret, “and how rare that
spirit is! I really think I’ll tell you frankly what I was going to say.
You know what an appreciation of your brother I have, and how
entirely his fine qualities command my respect, but I will not deny
that his bearing in the matter of this invitation has amazed me. I
think I am safe in saying that no Southern man, in your brother’s
sphere of society, could possibly be found—no matter how insulated
or behind the times he might be—no matter how poor or incapable
or ignorant, who could be agitated and flattered by an invitation
from General Morton or General anybody else. The notion would
never penetrate their brains. But I am very bold,” she said, checking
herself suddenly. “I am afraid I have said too much.”
“It would be too much for any one else to say to me certainly,” said
Louis, looking steadily at her, “and I cannot say the idea you suggest
is exactly palatable; but I think I could hardly take offence at words
of yours.”
At that moment the door-bell rang, and presently Thomas
announced General Reardon.
“Generals seem to be the order of the day,” said Margaret, with a
smile, as the visitor was crossing the hall. “I might be back in
Bassett for the prevalence of titles.”
Miss Trevennon greeted General Reardon with great cordiality, and
set herself at once to the task of entertaining him. He called only
occasionally at the Gastons’ house, as he did not enjoy their society
any more than they did his. He had been in the United States Army
before the war, and had been extremely popular among the officers,
being possessed of a fund of anecdote and humor, which congealed
instantly in the atmosphere of the Gastons’ drawing-room, but
flowed freely enough in camps and barracks. He was of a good
Southern family, and essentially a gentleman. His visits, as has been
indicated, were not especially inspiring to the Gastons, but Cousin
Eugenia had detected in her husband a faint tendency to slight this
distant cousin of hers, and it was just like her, after that, to treat him
with greater distinction. General Gaston, in truth, found it a little
difficult to ignore the fact that he was an officer in the Federal army
who had gone with the South, and certainly did not enjoy his visits;
but he stood in some awe of his wife, which enabled him partially to
conceal the fact that he chafed under her cousin’s companionship.
When Thomas had summoned his master and mistress to the
drawing-room, Mrs. Gaston seated herself near General Reardon,
and at once fell into fluent conversation with him. General Gaston,
for his part, established himself half-way between this couple and
the pair who were seated on the other side of the fire-place. He sat
very straight and erect in his chair, occasionally making a rather
forced remark to General Reardon, who, in his turn, was conscious
of being bored and ill at ease, but entirely unconscious of being the
object of any slight whatever. It occurred to him, perhaps, that his
host’s manner was peculiar, even unfortunate, but it would have
taken a great deal to convey to his honest breast the suspicion that
any gentleman alive could mean to slight a visitor in his own house.
Mrs. Gaston, when she chose, could talk agreeably to any one on
almost any subject, and she was now discussing crops and market-
gardening, and listening, with great vivacity of expression, to a
detailed account that General Reardon was giving of the reports his
wife—whom he called “Loose,” her name being Lucy—related of the
result of a little venture in the way of a market-garden which they
had made.
“By-the-way, General,” said the visitor, breaking off suddenly from his
conversation with Mrs. Gaston, and turning to address her husband,
as if struck with a sudden thought; “are you invited to this supper of
General Morton’s?”
Imperceptible bristles began to rise over General Gaston’s surface.
He drew himself still more erect, and cleared his throat once or twice
before answering.
“Ah—I beg your pardon—ah—yes,” said General Gaston, with an
inflection that suggested that he was rather asking a question than
answering one. He cleared his throat again and went on, with a
certain superciliousness that Margaret noted carefully. “General
Morton has been kind enough to remember me and send me a card.
There is always a very distinguished company at these suppers of
his, and I shouldn’t think of missing this.”
“Loose wants me to go,” responded General Reardon, in indolent,
indifferent tones that set Margaret’s blood a-tingling with delight;
“but I don’t care anything about it. I s’pose the men’ll all wear
swallow-tails, and I haven’t got one. I’ll tell Morton he’ll have to let
me off.—What I was going to tell you about the potato crop, is this,”
he said, returning to his conversation with Mrs. Gaston, as being the
more interesting of the two. “Loose says, if we’d planted Early Rose
——”
But Margaret listened no further. She knew Louis was looking at her,
and she had drawn down the corners of her mouth, demurely, in her
efforts not to laugh; but her eyes brimmed over with such sparkling
merriment, that the mouth’s quiescence went for little.
Mr. Gaston presently drew out his watch, and reminded Miss
Trevennon of the fact that it was nearly time to set out for the
theatre, in fulfilment of their engagement, so she excused herself,
and went to put on her wraps.
When the two young people found themselves alone together, in the
clear, bracing atmosphere of the city streets—they had chosen to
walk—Margaret began the conversation by saying:
“Alan Decourcy called while we were out driving this morning. I hope
we shall not happen to be in view of the theatre-party to night; it
would be a little awkward, as we both refused to join it.”
“Not at all,” said Louis, “they need never know but that our
engagement antedated their invitation. Don’t give yourself any
uneasiness about that.”
When they had gone on a few moments in silence, Louis said in his
pleasant voice, which even in the darkness indicated that he was
smiling:
“Well, you had your little triumph this evening!”
“I did,” returned Margaret, with a soft, little laugh, “and I must say I
enjoyed it. But I was wondering how he happened to know General
Morton.”
“Oh, I dare say they were chums in the United States Army, before
the war,” said Louis. “Only think what a chance that man threw
away! Why, if he had remained in the Union army he might have
been a Major-General by this time.”
“He is a Major-General, I think,” said Margaret, demurely; “or is it
only a Brigadier?”
“You impertinent little rebel!” said Louis. “How dare you say that to
me? How do you know I will submit to such audacity? You make
heavy draughts upon my clemency.”
“I’m afraid I do,” said Margaret; “but I’ve always had them
generously honored. But while we are on the subject, there’s one
thing that I do want to say to you. Do you know, I have observed
that your brother never gives General Reardon his title? In speaking
of him to me or Cousin Eugenia, he always says ‘your cousin,’ and in
speaking to him he avoids calling him anything at all. Once only,
when he had to say something, he called him ‘Mr. Reardon.’ He did
indeed!”
“Well, in point of fact, you know,” said Louis, rather uncomfortably,
“he’s got no more right to the title of General than you have. The
point has been definitely decided. It is only a matter of courtesy.”
“I don’t know who had the power to decide it,” Margaret said; “but
we are not considering the point of legal right. Its being, as you
admit, a matter of courtesy, should settle the thing, I think. Don’t
you?”
“Yes,” he said, “I do. I’m not sure I always thought so, but I do
now.”
When they reached the theatre, they found the overture just begun.
A few minutes later they saw Mrs. Vere’s party enter and place
themselves in their box. The dashing young hostess led the way, and
seated herself en évidence, with a brilliant party grouped about her.
One or two of these Margaret recognized, and Louis knew them all,
naming them, without comment, to Margaret. There was some one
whom they did not see, sitting in the shadow behind the curtain, and
to this person Mrs. Vere directed a greater part of her attention. She
constantly leaned to speak to him, or bowed her head to catch his
utterances, casting toward him now and then the languishing looks
which her peculiarly long eyelashes rendered so effective. Margaret
felt that this person was Alan Decourcy, and at the end of the first
act her suspicion was proved to be correct, as he then rose and
came to Mrs. Vere’s side to take a survey of the house. He looked
very graceful and elegant, but, in some way, the great charm his
appearance had once possessed for her was gone.
When she turned her eyes away from him, they rested, almost
without any volition of her own, upon Louis Gaston’s quiet profile.
He was looking away from her, and so she could scan at leisure the
earnest lineaments that had in them a genuineness and nobleness
so much better than beauty. The more she felt her disappointment in
Alan Decourcy, the more she believed in and rested upon Louis
Gaston’s friendship. Imperceptibly her regard for him had widened
and deepened, until now merely to think of him was to feel peaceful
and safe and at rest.
 CHAPTER XVI.

C HRISTMAS Day was fine and brilliant, and Margaret awaked early.
Her first thoughts were of home and distant friends. How well
she knew that the dear father and mother, far away in Bassett, were
thinking of her! As she rose and dressed, her heart was in full unison
with the day’s sweet lesson of peace and goodwill, and when she
knelt to say her morning prayers, she had a vague feeling that
somehow this Christmas Day was a fuller and better one than any
she had known before. She did not ask herself what was the new
element in her life that made it so; it was too indefinite to be
formulated into a tangible idea, but she felt conscious of its
presence.
General and Mrs. Gaston had a charming present for her when she
went down to breakfast—a pair of exquisite gold bracelets of the
most beautiful design and workmanship, and, as they seemed really
pleased with the little presents that she had prepared for them, they
had a very satisfactory beginning of their Christmas Day. After
breakfast, she went to her room to write a letter home, and when
that was done it was time to dress for church.
A little before eleven, as Miss Trevennon was standing in the deep
bow-window of the drawing-room, equipped for the morning service,
she heard a firm tread on the carpet behind her, and the next
moment her somewhat rusty little Prayer-book and Hymnal were
slipped from her hand, and a marvellous tortoise-shell case,
containing two beautiful little books, substituted for them. Margaret
looked up quickly, and met Louis Gaston’s smiling eyes. He had
searched New York over for the prettiest set he could find, and the
result satisfied him.
“You will use these instead, will you not?” he said. “I wanted to give
you some little thing.”
A flush of pleasure rose to Margaret’s face.
“I never saw anything half so lovely,” she said, handling them
delightedly. “To think of your taking the trouble! I suspect my
shabby little books offended your fastidious taste. I never dreamed
of your remembering me in this kind way. I wish I had a present for
you.”
“You might give me the old ones, perhaps,” he said, hesitatingly. “I
should think it a munificent return, for, as you say, they are worn
and shabby, and that comes only from much using. How often they
have been in your hands when your thoughts were away with God! I
should like to keep them as a souvenir of you. May I, if you don’t
particularly value them?”
“I should be only too glad for you to have them,” said Margaret, in a
low voice. “Only I did not think you would care for anything like that.
I asked Cousin Eugenia once what church your family belonged to,
and she said you called yourselves Unitarians, but practically you
were pagans. I couldn’t help hoping it was not really true—of you at
least.”
“It isn’t in the least true of me,” he said, frowning, and looking so
displeased that Margaret was almost sorry she had spoken. “I would
not, for anything, have you to suppose me an irreligious man, for it
is not true, and I never even called myself a Unitarian. On the
contrary, I was wishing a little while ago that I could go with you to
church, so that you and I might keep this day holy together.”
“Do,” said Margaret, earnestly. “I have seen that you do not very
often go. Go with us to-day, and make a resolve for better things in
future. You would be so wise to do it.”
“I don’t think I will go this morning,” he said; “Eugenia has not room
for me in the coupé. But will you let me take you to-night? We will
walk, perhaps, if it remains fine, and the music will be lovely.
Perhaps, if we’re lucky, they will get some good voice to sing the
Cantique de Noël.”
“I love that so dearly,” Margaret said. “I shall be delighted to go with
you.”
A little sigh rose, as she spoke. This was one of Charley Somers’
favorites; she had taken pains to see that he sang it correctly, and
his voice was trained to it beautifully.
Her reflections were cut short by the appearance of Mrs. Gaston,
who swept down the steps, elaborately arrayed in furs and velvets,
and signified her readiness to set out.
Louis helped them into the carriage, and then turned away, saying
he was going for a long walk. There was a look of gravity on his face
that Margaret found herself recalling long afterward.
The weather continued fine, and it proved quite mild enough for
Louis and Margaret to walk to church in the evening. As they took
their way along the gayly lighted streets, the young man turned
suddenly and, looking down into her face, said:
“Do you know, I found a little pressed flower in my Hymnal, when I
opened it this morning. Am I to keep it or return it to you?”
They were just under a gas-light, and Margaret, though she would
not drop her eyes under his searching gaze, felt that she looked
confused, as she said:
“No; you must give that back to me. I had forgotten it.”
It was a little flower that Charley Somers had put in there one
evening, and she had never happened to remove it.
Mr. Gaston put his hand into his pocket and took out the book. It
opened easily at the place, and he removed the flower, which was
run into a little slit, and handed it to her as they entered the church
vestibule.
“There were some initials under it,” he said.
“Oh, you can just rub those out. It doesn’t matter,” said Margaret, as
she took the flower. She was about to crush and throw it from her,
when a pang of pity for poor Charley checked her; so she opened
her own Prayer-book and hurriedly slipped it among the leaves.
The service seemed wonderfully sweet to her that night. The hymns
and anthems were triumphant and inspiring, and the sermon was
simple, earnest and comforting. Louis found his places, and used his
little book sedulously, and Margaret felt intuitively that this service
was sweet to him also. As she glanced at him occasionally, she saw
that his face looked serious and a little careworn, now that she saw
it in such perfect repose.
The sermon was ended now. The congregation had risen at its
termination, and had settled again in their seats. The wardens were
walking up the aisle to receive the alms-basins, when the organ
began to murmur a low prelude. Louis and Margaret glanced at each
other quickly. It was the Cantique de Noël.
Margaret leaned back in her seat, serene and restful, prepared for a
deep enjoyment of the pleasure before her, and at that moment a
rich, sweet voice, high up in the choir behind her began:
“Oh, holy night——”
At the first note uttered by that voice the color rushed to Miss
Trevennon’s cheeks, and she drew in her breath with a sound that
was almost a gasp.
And up on high the beautiful voice sang on:
“It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth.”
Higher and sweeter it soared—thrilling, rich, pathetic—and how
familiar to the young girl’s ears was every modulation and inflection!
How often had that flood of melody been poured forth, for her ear
alone, in the old parlor at home!
It was Charley Somers, and she knew that he had seen her, and that
he was singing to her now, no less than then. She listened, as in a
dream, while the wistful, yearning voice sang on. And now came the
words:
 “Fall on your knees! fall on your knees!”
They were somewhat indistinct, in their mingling of sweet sounds,
and, in some vague way, it seemed to Margaret that they were a
direct appeal from Charley Somers to her for mercy and pardon.
It was all so moving, and Gaston felt so touched by it himself, that it
scarcely surprised him when he glanced at Margaret, as the sweet
voice died away, to see that her eyes were full of tears. As they knelt
for the concluding prayer she brushed away the traces of these, and
when they walked down the aisle together her calmness had quite
returned. And how calm and quiet her companion looked! His
perfectly chosen clothes, the smooth neatness of his short, dark hair,
and, more than all, his self-collected bearing and thoughtful face,
made him a contrast to the rather carelessly dressed young man,
with dishevelled, curly locks, and eager, restless eyes, who stood in
the vestibule, at the foot of the gallery steps, rapidly scanning the
faces of the dispersing congregation, in complete unconsciousness of
the fact that his somewhat singular conduct and appearance were
being observed by those around him. As his restless gaze at last fell
upon Miss Trevennon, his knit brows relaxed, and he pressed
forward.
“May I come to see you to-morrow?” he said, in eager tones, which,
though low, were distinctly audible to Louis.
“Yes,” replied Margaret at once, in a somewhat tremulous voice, “at
eleven in the morning.”
Then, taking her companion’s arm, she passed on. Louis had
observed that the two did not shake hands, nor exchange any word
of greeting. This hurried question and answer was all that passed
between them. What had there been in a short, casual meeting like
that to make the girl look pale and excited, as her companion saw
by a furtive glance that she was? He could feel her hand tremble
slightly when she first laid it within his arm, but the little, almost
imperceptible flutter soon ceased, and she walked on very quiet and
still. And so they took their way along the streets in silence. She did
not seem inclined to talk, and he would not jar her by speaking.
Margaret, as she mused upon this meeting, was blaming herself for
the concession she had made, which was indeed attributable
altogether to the music.
“I have no resolution or power of resistance whatever, when I’m
under the influence of music,” she said to herself, half angrily. “It
takes away my moral accountability. I don’t believe the story of the
sirens is a fable. A beautiful voice could draw me toward itself as
truly as the pole draws the magnet. It is intense weakness. I ought
to have told him No, and ended the matter at once.”
Remembering that her companion would have reason to wonder at
her silence, Margaret roused herself with an effort and made some
comment on the service.
“It was all very beautiful,” said Louis. “I felt it very much, and I feel
very happy to have gone. That solo was exquisitely sung. The voice
does not seem to be highly cultivated, but it was thrillingly sweet.”
“It was Mr. Somers, the young man from Bassett, whose voice I
have spoken to you of. He has just come to Washington, and I knew
he would want to see me, so I named an hour when I was sure to
be free.”
When they had reached home and were going up the steps, they
found Thomas opening the door for a colored servant-man, who had
two small parcels in his hand. He took off his hat and stepped back
as they came up, and Thomas said:
“It is a parcel for Miss Trevennon.”
Margaret turned and held out her hand for it.
“Where from?” she said.
“From the Arlington, Miss,” replied the man, in evident trepidation.
“I’m very sorry, Miss, but there’s been a mistake. It was to have
been sent this morning, but it has been such a busy day that it has
been forgotten. Mr. Decourcy left particular orders, and I hope you’ll
be kind enough to excuse the delay, Miss.”
Margaret turned the parcel so as to get the light from the hall gas
upon it. As she did so, her expression changed quickly. It was
addressed to Mrs. Vere.
“There is some mistake,” she said, coldly, with a certain high turn of
the head that Louis knew. “This is not for me.”
The poor negro, who was perhaps somewhat the worse for the wine
remnants left by the Arlington’s Christmas guests, was overwhelmed
with confusion, and, quickly extending the other package, explained
that he had made a mistake between the two, and asked Miss
Trevennon rather helplessly to see if this one was not addressed to
herself.
It proved to be so; and though, under the circumstances, Margaret
would have preferred not to touch it, she was compelled to take it
and dismiss the man, which she did somewhat curtly.
She did not examine her parcel until she reached her own room, and
even then she tossed it on the bed, and removed her wraps and hat
and put them away before she untied the string which bound it.
Once she thought she would put it out of sight until to-morrow, but,
despite her disfavor toward the giver, she had a young lady’s natural
curiosity as to the gift, and so she presently took it up and untied it.
A little note fell out. It was dated Christmas morning at nine, and
ran:
“I am just leaving for Baltimore, under a pledge to spend
to-day with Amy and the children. I have been more than
disappointed—hurt at missing you, both when I called and
at the theatre last evening. I did not know you had been
present, until I heard it by accident, after we had left. It
had not at all entered into my calculations to forego the
pleasure of taking leave of you in person, and I propose to
get the better of fate by returning in a day or two for this
purpose.
 “Merry Christmas, dear Daisy, and all good wishes for the
coming year! Who knows what it may have in store for
us?
“Wear my little present sometimes for the sake of yours
devotedly, A. D.”
“So much for note number one!” said Margaret. “It would be
interesting to have a glance at note number two, which I have no
doubt is equally tender and gracious.”
She took up the little leather case and opened it, revealing a
beautiful locket. In spite of herself, she could not withhold a tribute
to her cousin’s taste. The workmanship and design of this little
ornament were so effective and so uncommon that she felt sure
Alan must have gone to some trouble about it, and most likely had it
made expressly for her.
“He is kind,” she said, regretfully. “It was good of him to go back to
Baltimore, in order that Amy and the children should not be
disappointed. I almost wish I had not made this new discovery about
him; but no, no, no! It would have been dreadful to be ignorant of
the real truth of the matter.”
It occurred to her now to open the locket and, on doing so, her
cousin’s high-bred face looked out. The very sight of it made her
recoil inwardly. How well she remembered the look of these same
eyes, as they had been bent upon Mrs. Vere, with an expression she
would have liked to forget. What right had he to expect her to wear
his picture? Why should she?
He had sent another note and another present elsewhere. Was there
another picture, which some one else had been gracefully urged to
wear, for the sake of hers devotedly? It was more than probable!
“I half believe I begin to understand him,” she said to herself,
indignantly. “It is one of his sage and correct opinions that a man
should marry, but all the same a man wants his little diversions.
Under these circumstances he had better marry an amiable, easy-
going young thing, who is healthy and cheerful, who knows nothing
of the world, and who will leave him to pursue his little diversions
undisturbed. It is perfectly humiliating! I will return his locket, for
the very sight of it would always sting me.”
 CHAPTER XVII.

M R. SOMERS came promptly at eleven, the next morning, and

Margaret received him in the drawing-room alone. She had
given orders that she should be denied to any early visitors who
might be coming in, and was resolved that she would be just and
patient with the young man, though she was also resolved that the
nature of their relationship should be definitely settled and
understood, during this interview.
They had not been seated long when Margaret heard Louis Gaston’s
voice speaking to a servant in the hall. She looked up in surprise, as
she had supposed him to be at his office an hour ago. He came in,
with his overcoat on, and his hat in his hand, and when Margaret
presented him to Mr. Somers he cordially offered him his disengaged
hand. Margaret was struck with the contrast between the two
general exteriors, as she had been the night before, but she was not
a whit ashamed of her old friend. She told herself that no man with
eyes in his head could fail to see that Somers was a gentleman, and,
for the rest, it did not matter.
“I learned from my sister-in-law,” said Louis, addressing Mr. Somers,
“that Miss Trevennon was receiving a visit from a friend from home;
and Mrs. Gaston has authorized me to come and engage you for
dinner to-day, if you have no other appointment. I hope you will be
able to come.”
Margaret, glancing at Mr. Somers, was distressed to see that he
looked decidedly ungracious. She saw, by his manner, that he
suspected that this smooth-spoken Yankee was going to patronize
him, though nothing could have been franker and less patronizing
than Gaston’s whole bearing.
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