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Welcome To C++: Curly Brackets

C++ is a versatile programming language used for creating high-performance applications, derived from C. The document introduces basic C++ syntax, including the structure of a simple program, the main() function as the entry point, and the use of cout for output. It also explains the importance of headers and semicolons in C++ programming.

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Welcome To C++: Curly Brackets

C++ is a versatile programming language used for creating high-performance applications, derived from C. The document introduces basic C++ syntax, including the structure of a simple program, the main() function as the entry point, and the use of cout for output. It also explains the importance of headers and semicolons in C++ programming.

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Welcome to C++

C++ is a popular cross-platform language that can be used to create high-performance applications -
operating systems, browsers, video-games, art applications and so on.

C++ was derived from C and is largely based on it.

Q: C++ is a:
A) Movie making program
B) Client-side scripting language
C) General purpose programming language

A C++ program is a collection of commands or statements. Below is a simple program template.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
return 0;
}

You will learn what each of the statements does in the upcomming lessons.
For now, remember that the entry point of every C++ program is the main() function, irrespective of
what the program does.

Curly brackets {} indicate the beginning and end of a function, which can also be called the function’s
body. The information inside the brackets indicates what the function does when executed.

Q: Which of the following is the entry point of every C++ program?


a) #include <iostream>
b) using namespace std;
c) int main()

Your First C++ Program


Let’s output „Hello world!” to the screen! To do that , we will add cout << „Hello world”; line to our
main() function body:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << “Hello world”;
return 0;
}

cout is the stream object used to perform output on the standard output device which is usually the
display screen.
cout is used in combination with the insertion operator <<.

In C++, streams are used to perform input and output operations.

Ex: Write one line code to output “Hello, world!” on the screen.

cout << “Hello, world!”;


You can add multiple insertion operators ofter cout.

{
cout << “This “ << “is “ << “awesome!”;
return 0;
}

In C++, the semicolon is used to terminate a statement. Each statement must end with a semicolon. It
indicated the end of one logical expression.

Headers
C++ offers various headers, each of which contains information needed for programs to work
properly.
We have already seen the standard <iostream> header on our first C++ program:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()

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