C++ Programming Guide

Sacramento City College
Revised Edition
Fall 2025

Introduction

Welcome! Each section of this guide covers a different programming topic and is written with the assumption that you are familiar with the previous sections.

1. What Does “Implement a Program” Mean? 2. What Do C++ Programs Look Like? 3. Variables 4. Screen Output and Keyboard Input 5. Calculations 6. Constants 7. Types of Problems 8. Control Structures 9. Boolean Expressions and Compound Conditions 10. If Statements 11. Switch Statements 12. Do Loops 13. While Loops 14. For Loops 15. Functions 16. Testing and Debugging 17. Arrays 18. File Input and Output

Introduction

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