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Anyone wanna learn c++ with me?
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Anyone wanna learn c++ with me?

I started learning c++. I'm hoping I'll get the programmer position for the air force (I probably will). Even if I don't, I would like to study computer science while I'm in.

So I'm fucking serious about this. Figured I'd get started now. I'll probably leave for basic training in about 1.5 - 2 months, so I'll be around until then.

I have some basic understanding of programming (html, css, javascript, c#), but I've never made anything useful. Maybe I can make something before I leave, even if it sucks.

If you're interested and you have no programming experience, it's gonna be tough, but totally doable if you're willing to experience a little pain. Everyone seems to say it's a bad idea to start with C++... but meh.

The book I'm using below is for total beginners (sort of). Speaking as a beginner myself, the real road block in the beginning seems to be getting the big picture of programming itself. Once you understand... what it is you are doing exactly, it makes more sense.

Computer Science for Everyone helped me understand exactly what the hell programming is. Once you understand that, and understand the basic logic that modern programming languages share, the lightbulb clicks and it actually feels like it's possible to learn this stuff.

^ Highly recommended you watch those videos if you don't know anything about programming.

Stuff I'm using:

(Stanford) Programming Abstractions course, uses C++, assumes you have basic programming experience. I watch these to get more information about C++ in general along with my reading.

Code Blocks IDE

I'm using Programming Principles & Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup. Mods will get mad if I link torrents, so if you want the book, go to kickass.to, search the book title, and download the 33 mb .epub file. It's legit.

powerpoint slides that go w/ the book

The book contains review questions and exercises. There are a few solutions on his site, but not a lot. In any case, I'll work through every problem and post the code. For any particularly hard problems, I'll consult stackoverflow.

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Anyone wanna learn c++ with me?

Hmm. You know, this might be something I want to learn. I have a rudimentary knowledge of HTML, and have coding experience with Java.

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RE: Anyone wanna learn c++ with me?

Maybe I could learn C++ with you.

Sadly, I might choose C over C++, so we'll see.

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RE: Anyone wanna learn c++ with me?

(07-14-2014 01:13 AM)MrAnonymous Wrote:  Maybe I could learn C++ with you.

Sadly, I might choose C over C++, so we'll see.

The computer science for everyone site uses C. Razz

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RE: Anyone wanna learn c++ with me?

Might do it as review, I 'know' c++ but I basically have none recent programming experience except minor changes and maintenance to stuff.

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RE: Anyone wanna learn c++ with me?

If you know C++ you know a good deal of C anyway, most c++ compilers compile most C anyway, and vice versa... The basics of C and C++ for trivial non oop stuff will be pretty similar. C++ involves classes and inheritence etc though which if you get to that point is a huge difference.

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(07-14-2014 01:13 AM)MrAnonymous Wrote:  Maybe I could learn C++ with you.

Sadly, I might choose C over C++, so we'll see.

https://class.coursera.org/hwswinterface-002/

Relevant to your interests.

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Here's some of the chapter 3 solutions. I omitted some because they were either straightforward or extremely tedious/unnecessary. I hate exercises where you have to write 10 if statements or some shit. Fuck that.

Hidden stuff:

Code:
// problem #2
#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

// declare function to convert miles -> km
double getKilometers (double miles){
    double kilometers = miles*1.6;
    return kilometers;
}

int main(){

double miles;

cout << "Please enter a distance in miles: ";
cin >> miles;
cout << "That is equivalent to " << getKilometers(miles) << " kilometers.";

return 0;
}






// problem #4
#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

//declare function to operate on 2 integers prompted to user
int twoValues(int val1, int val2){
    if (val1 > val2)
        cout << val1 << " is greater than " << val2 << endl;
    else
        cout << val2 << " is greater than " << val1 << endl;
    cout << "The sum is " << val1 + val2 << endl;
    cout << "The difference is " << val1 - val2 << endl;
    cout << "The product is " << val1 * val2 << endl;
    cout << "The ratio is " << val1 << "/" << val2 << endl;
}

int main(){

int val1, val2;

cout << "Enter two integers: ";
cin >> val1 >> val2;
twoValues(val1, val2);

return 0;
}







// problem #8
#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

int main(){

int value;

cout << "Enter an integer: ";
cin >> value;

if (value%2 == 0)
{
    cout << value << " is an even number.";
}
else if (value%2 == 1)
{
    cout << value << " is an odd number.";
}

return 0;
}






// problem #11

#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

int main(){

double penny = 0;
double nickel = 0;
double dime = 0;
double quarter = 0;

cout << "How many pennies do you have? ";
cin >> penny;
cout << "How many nickels do you have? ";
cin >> nickel;
cout << "How many dimes do you have? ";
cin >> dime;
cout << "How many quarters do you have? ";
cin >> quarter;

cout << "The value of all your coins is " << "$" <<
    ((penny*1) + (nickel*5) + (dime*10) + (quarter*25))/100;

return 0;
}

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Nice job, for anything it wants you to repeat, consider using a loop.

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