^
Symbol for the
bitwise exclusive OR operator.
~
Symbol for the
bitwise complement operator. Inverts all bits.
!
Symbol for the
logical NOT operator.
!=
Not-equal relational
operator.
{}
See curly
braces.
|
Symbol for the
bitwise OR operator.
||
Symbol for the
logical OR operator.
%
Symbol for the
modulus operator.
&
1.
Symbol for the bitwise AND operator.2. A symbol used to
precede a variable name (as in &x). Means the address of the
named variable (address of x).
Used to assign a value to a pointer variable.Used to declare a
reference variable.
&&
Symbol
for the logical AND operator (used in comparison operations).
*
1. Symbol for the
multiply operator.
2. Symbol used to
precede a pointer variable name that means get the value stored at the
address pointed to by
the pointer variable. (*x means get the value stored at x.) Sometimes
known as the
de-referencing operator or indirect operator.
+ Symbol for the add
operator.
++ Symbol for the
incrementation operator.
- Symbol for the
subtract operator.
-- Symbol for the
decrementation operator.
-> Used
to obain a member from a class or structure pointer.
->* Indicattes
the item pointed to by a "pointer to member."
/ Symbol for the divide
operator.
< Less-than
relational operator.
<<
1.Symbol
for the left shift operator.
2.Used by the iostream package
for output.
:: Scope operator. Used
to indicate which class a particular identifier belongs to.
::* Used
to declare a pointer to a class member.
<= Less-than-or-equal-to
relational operator.
== Equal relational
operator.
> Greater-than
relational operator.
>= Greater-than-or-equal-to
relational operator.
>> 1.Symbol
for the right shift operator.
2.Used by the iostream package
for input.
'\0'
End-of-string
character (the NULL character).
#define
A C++ preprocessor
directive that defines a substitute text for a name.
#endif
The closing bracket
to a preprocessor macro section that began with an #ifdef
directive.
#ifdef
Preprocessor
directive that checks to see whether a macro name is defined. If defined, thecode following it is
included in the source.
#ifndef
Preprocessor directive
that checks to see whether a macro name is undefined.
If it iscurrently undefined,
the code following is included in the macro expansion.
#include
A preprocessor
directive that causes the named file to be inserted in place of the#include.
#undef A preprocessor
directive that cancels a #define.
_ptr A convention used in
this book. All pointer variables end with the extension _ptr.
