Glossary Terminology Part-1

^  

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.