C++

Computer
Science
by
Christopher Andrew Topalian

Copyright 2000-2024
All Rights Reserved
 Dedicated
to
God the Father
Download Visual Studio - Search Google

We Go To: google.com

We Search for: Visual Studio

We Left Click on: Downloads

Or we can go directly
to the Visual Studio website
as shown on the next page.
Download Visual Studio - Directly from Website
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/

We Go To:
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community

We Download: Visual Studio Installer

We Go To our Downloads Folder and:

Double Left Click the Install file to Install it.

After it is installed, we can open VS Studio.

Once, open, we can then install the C++ package.
We Download and Install:
Desktop development with C++

Desktop development with C++

Build modern C++ apps for Windows
using tools of your choice, including
MSVC, Clang, CMake, or MSBuild.

We Put a Checkmark in the box

and then Left Click the
Install while downloading button

This will download and install

the ability to use Visual Studio
to create C++ Desktop Applications.
Create a New Project

We Choose: Create a new project

Choices for a New Project

We Left Click: Empty Project

We Left Click: Next Button

Back Next
Project Name - 001

001

D:\_1Code\Cplus\001

We name our first project as: 001

We put a Checkmark in: Place solution and

project in the same directory

We Left Click on: Create Button

Creating our main.cpp file in Source Files Folder

We Right click on: Source Files Folder

We Choose: Add

We Choose: New Item...

Search Solutions Explorer (Ctrl+;)
Solution '001' (1 of 1 project)
001
References
External Dependencies
Header Files
Resource Files
Source Files
main.cpp

New Item… Ctrl+Shift+A Add

Existing Item… Ctrl+Alt+A Class Wizard… Ctrl + Shift + X
New Filter Collapse All Descendants
Module... Scope to This
Class... New Solution Explorer View
Resource... Cut Ctrl + X
New EditorConfig (IntelliCode) Copy Ctrl + C
Paste Ctrl + V
Delete Del
Rename F2
Properties Alt + Enter
We Choose: C++ File (.cpp)

main.cpp
D:\_1Code\Cplus\001

We name our file: main.cpp

We Left Click: Add button

We see our created file: main.cpp
Search Solutions Explorer (Ctrl+;)
Solution '001' (1 of 1 project)
001
References
External Dependencies
Header Files
Resource Files
Source Files
main.cpp

main.cpp is now open

main.cpp
001

We can now: Type our Code :-)

We make Bigger Font by:

Control + Scroll Wheel Forward

We make Smaller Font by:

Control + Scroll Wheel Backward
main.cpp Code - Screenshot

Here is a screenshot of: Our C++ Code

On the next page

we show the same code,
but with better font.
// Outputting Text

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Hi Everyone";

return 0;
}
// Building and Running our App

We Left Click on: Local Windows Debugger

Our app opens in the Debug Console Window,

with the message of: Hi Everyone
C:\ Microsoft Visual Studio Debug Console X
Hi Everyone ^
D:\_1Code\Cplus\001\x64\Debug\001.exe
(process 26888) exited with code 0.
To automatically close the console when
debugging stops, enable Tools->Options-
>Debugging->Automatically close the
console when debugging stops.
Press any key to close this window . . .
^

We make Bigger Console Font by:

Control + Scroll Wheel Forward

We make Smaller Console Font by:

Control + Scroll Wheel Backward
// Outputting Text and Exit by Pressing Enter

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Hi Everyone" << "\n";

cout << "Press Enter to Exit";

cin.get();

return 0;
}
// Input from user

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
string name;

cout << "Enter Name: ";

cin >> name;

cout << "Hi " << name;

cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";

cin.ignore();
cin.get();

return 0;
}
// Custom function - askName

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

string askName()
{
string name;
cout << "Enter Name: ";
cin >> name;
return name;
}

int main()
{
string userName = askName();
cout << "Hi, " << userName << "!" << "\n";

cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";

cin.ignore();
cin.get();
return 0;
}
C:\ D:\_1Code\Cplus\001\x64\Debug\001.exe
// Custom Function - consoleLog

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

void consoleLog(const string message)

{
cout << message << "\n";
}

int main()
{
consoleLog("Hi Everyone");

cout << "Press Enter to Exit";

cin.get();

return 0;
}
Header File - We define our function in a header
file for easy use

Instead of pasting this useful function in every

script in our application, we will instead type it
once in a header file and put it in the Header
Files Folder.

Using a header file is easier, because we place

the header files in the Header Files folder and
then include that header file with a reference in
our main.cpp and other files.

In our header file, we type the terms

#ifndef
and
#define
to designate that it will be used in other files.
Header File - Add - New Item

We right click on: Header Files folder

Search Solutions Explorer (Ctrl+;)
Solution '001' (1 of 1 project)
001
References
External Dependencies
Header Files
Resource Files
Source Files
main.cpp

New Item… Ctrl+Shift+A Add

Existing Item… Ctrl+Alt+A Class Wizard… Ctrl + Shift + X
New Filter Collapse All Descendants
Module... Scope to This
Class... New Solution Explorer View
Resource... Cut Ctrl + X
New EditorConfig (IntelliCode) Copy Ctrl + C
Paste Ctrl + V
Delete Del
Rename F2
We choose: Add Properties Alt + Enter

We choose: New Item

We choose: Header File (.h)

CONSOLELOG.h
D:\_1Code\Cplus\001

We name it: CONSOLELOG.h

We Left Click: Add button

// CONSOLELOG.h header file

// CONSOLELOG.h

#ifndef CONSOLELOG
#define CONSOLELOG
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

void consoleLog(const std::string message)

{
std::cout << message << "\n";
}

#endif
// Our main.cpp file uses the CONSOLE.h file

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "CONSOLELOG.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
consoleLog("Hi Everyone");

cout << "Press Enter to Exit";

cin.get();

return 0;
}
// PROMPT.h header file

// PROMPT.h

#ifndef PROMPT
#define PROMPT
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

void prompt(std::string& userInput)

{
std::cin >> userInput;
}

#endif
// main.cpp uses CONSOLELOG.h and
PROMPT.h
// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "PROMPT.h"
#include "CONSOLELOG.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
string input;

consoleLog("Enter Name");
prompt(input);

consoleLog("Hi " + input);

consoleLog("Press Enter to Exit");

cin.ignore();
cin.get();

return 0;
}
File Structure of the previous Examples

We have 2 Header Files:

CONSOLELOG.h
and
PROMPT.h

We have 1 main.cpp file:

main.cpp uses CONSOLELOG.h and PROMPT.h
header files
// Array of Objects

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

struct Person
{
string name;
int age;
};

int main()
{
vector<Person> people =
{
{
"Alice",
25
},

{
 "Bob",
30
},

{
"Jane",
28
}
};

for (const auto person : people)

{
cout << "Name: "
<< person.name
<< ", Age: "
<< person.age
<< "\n";
}

cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";

cin.get();

return 0;
}
 // for loop diagram

Start number
FALSE

Exit test

TRUE
body

increment++
// for loop

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
{
cout << i << " ";
cout << "\n";
}

cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";

cin.get();

return 0;
}
 // while loop diagram

start
FALSE

Exit test

TRUE

body
// while loop

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int count = 0;

while (count < 5)

{
cout << "Count: "
<< count + 1
<< "\n";
count++;
}

cout << "Loop completed." << "\n";

cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";
cin.get();

return 0;
}
// if else

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

// main.cpp

int main()
{
string name;
cout << "Enter your name: ";
cin >> name;

if (name == "Chris")
{
cout << "Hi Chris.\nIt is good that you are
visiting Earth." << "\n";
}
else
{
cout << "Howdy " << name << ". "
<< "Tell Chris to Sign in later."
<< "\n";
}
 cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";
cin.ignore();
cin.get();

return 0;
}

C:\ D:\_1Code\Cplus\001\x64\Debug\001.exe

C:\ D:\_1Code\Cplus\001\x64\Debug\001.exe
// Open Browser to a URL

// main.cpp

#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
ShellExecuteA(NULL, "open",
"https://www.google.com", NULL, NULL,
SW_SHOWNORMAL);

return 0;
}
// Custom Function - Open Browser to a URL

// main.cpp

#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

void openURL(const string url)

{
ShellExecuteA(NULL, "open", url.c_str(),
NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
}

int main()
{
string url = "https://www.google.com";

openURL(url);

return 0;
}
// Create Text File with Data

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
// open file for writing
std::ofstream outputFile("ourTextFile.txt");

// write data to file

outputFile << "Hi Everyone" << "\n";

// close file
outputFile.close();

cout << "Data written successfully."

<< "\n";

return 0;
}
// Custom Function - Create Text File with Data

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

void writeToFile(const string filename, const

string content)
{
// open file for writing
std::ofstream outputFile(filename);

// write data to the file

outputFile << content << "\n";

// close the file

outputFile.close();

cout << "Data written to "

<< filename << " successfully."
<< "\n";
}
int main()
{
string filename = "ourTextFile.txt";

string content = "Hi Everyone";

writeToFile(filename, content);

return 0;
}
// Read a Text File

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

void displayFileContents(const string filename)

{
// open file for reading
std::ifstream inputFile(filename);

// check if the file is open

if (!inputFile.is_open())
{
std::cerr << "Error opening file: "
<< filename
<< "\n";

return;
}

// read and display file contents

 string line;

cout << "Contents of "

<< filename << ":" << "\n";

while (std::getline(inputFile, line))

{
cout << line << "\n";
}

// close the file

inputFile.close();
}

int main()
{
string filename = "ourTextFile.txt";

displayFileContents(filename);

cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";

cin.get();

return 0;
}
// Count Number of Lines in a Text File

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
// open text file
std::ifstream inputFile("ourTextFile.txt");

// check if text file opened

if (!inputFile.is_open())
{
std::cerr << "File won't open file."
<< "\n";

// return an error code

return 1;
}
 // variable to store how many lines found in
text file
int lineCount = 0;

// variable to store each line of text read from

text file
string line;

// read text file line by line and count lines

while (std::getline(inputFile, line))
{
lineCount++;
}

// close the file

inputFile.close();

// show the total number of lines

cout << "Number of lines in the file: "
<< lineCount << "\n";

return 0;
}
// How to Find Our Application .exe File
Search Solutions Explorer (Ctrl+;)
We put mouse arrow on: Solution '001' (1 of 1 project)
001
Solution '001' (1 of 1 project) References
External Dependencies
Header Files
Resource Files
Source Files
main.c

Open Folder in File Explorer

We Choose: Open Folder in File Explorer

 We see that our Project Folder has opened:

This PC > New Volume (D:) > _1Code > Cplus > 001

We Open: x64 Folder to find the Debug Folder

_1Code > Cplus > 001 > x64

We Open: Debug Folder to find 001.exe

_1Code > Cplus > 001 > x64 > Debug

We Double Left Click: 001.exe

Our application should activate.

Happy Programming :-)

// Get Current Working Directory

// main.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];

// get the current working directory

if (!GetCurrentDirectoryW(MAX_PATH,
buffer))
{
std::wcerr << L"Error getting current
working directory" << std::endl;

return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

std::wcout << L"Current working directory: "

<< buffer << std::endl;
 cout << "\nPress Enter to Exit";
cin.get();

return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

/*
Current working directory: D:\_1CodeArc\
Cplus\001\x64\Debug

Press Enter to Exit

*/
// Make New Folder in Specified Location

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
// specify path of new folder
LPCWSTR folderPath = L"C:\\Users\\energy\\
Desktop\\ourNewFolder";

// create the new folder

if (CreateDirectory(folderPath, NULL) ||
GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
{
std::wcout << L"Folder created
successfully or already exists: " << folderPath
<< std::endl;
}
else
{
std::wcerr << L"Error creating folder: "
<< folderPath << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
// Make a New Folder in Documents

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <shlobj.h>

int main()
{
// get path of Documents folder
WCHAR documentsPath[MAX_PATH];
if (SHGetFolderPathW(NULL,
CSIDL_PERSONAL, NULL, 0, documentsPath) !
= S_OK)
{
std::wcerr << L"Error getting Documents
path" << std::endl;
return 1;
}

// append name of new folder

std::wstring newFolderPath =
std::wstring(documentsPath) + L"\\
NewFolder7";

// create the new folder

 if (!CreateDirectoryW(newFolderPath.c_str(),
NULL))
{
std::wcerr << L"Error creating folder: "
<< GetLastError() << std::endl;
return 1;
}

std::wcout << L"Folder created successfully:

" << newFolderPath << std::endl;

return 0;
}
// Make a New Folder on the Desktop

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <shlobj.h>

int main()
{
// get path of Desktop folder
WCHAR desktopPath[MAX_PATH];

if (SHGetFolderPathW(NULL,
CSIDL_DESKTOP, NULL, 0, desktopPath) !=
S_OK)
{
std::wcerr << L"Error getting Desktop
path" << std::endl;
return 1;
}

// append name of new folder

std::wstring newFolderPath =
std::wstring(desktopPath) + L"\\NewFolder";

// create the new folder

 if (!CreateDirectoryW(newFolderPath.c_str(),
NULL))
{
std::wcerr << L"Error creating folder: "
<< GetLastError() << std::endl;
return 1;
}

std::wcout << L"Folder created successfully:

" << newFolderPath << std::endl;

return 0;
}
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