(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Now I thought I'd help a few users out with basic C++ programming. I am still learning my self, but I'm getting more advanced.

Includes:
Includes basically reference items, dll's, and other programs. It incoorperates codes into your program, and it's helps usage. This can be easily done by the following code:

    

#include <object_name>

The object name usually ends with a ".h" but it can be a program or dll. This is placed before your main code.

Input and Output:
For this example we will be using the namespace std, and using the iostream. This makes it possible to use cout, cin, and endl.

(note: you always start your program with int main() (to have the program complete it will always return with 0 (what I learned from C++ studies)))

    

#include <iostream>



using namespace std;



int main()

{

    cout << "Hello world.. \n";

}

Now what that is doing is printing hello work into console. cout is like print in C#. cout stands for console out. It is output. << is the bit movement. and the text output is Hello world... (\n is newline in program language)

but that will close console right away.. so we need to add a

    

cin.get();

this will require the user to press enter, before the program closes. Add it right after the cout call..

Now lets move onto user input

User input is just as easy as output but it's set up a little different :p

continued from our above code...

    

int main()

{

    int age_here

    cout << "please enter your age";

    cin >> age_here;

    cin.ignore(); //this causes to skip the user requiring to press enter...

    cout << "You entered an age of" << age_here << "!\n";

    cin.get();

    return 0;

}

by using cin >> variable we are setting up user input to input data (such as a name, age, date, or whatever.). cin.ignore() skips the user needing to press enter (basically in continues the code). Then we output what the user entered. and then the program pauses with cin.get();

for strings you can use...

    

char string[number here];



cout<<"Enter your name.";

cin.getline (string, number here, '\n';

cout<<"Your name is: "<<string<<endl;

cin.get();

Conclusion:
I hoped you learned something from this because I like teaching people new things. I am still learning myself so :p

Next tutorial I might do an if then statement, for loops, while loops, do while loops, structures, pointers, or variables. I don't know yet, but I hope maybe users can request things.

Yeah, I thought learning C++ would be a good way to go though. You can manage data easier, but it is also a way bigger pain in the ass to program. Basic fundamentals you take for granted in C# or vb.net such as (pointers, and function placing) is completely different. You have to define a variable always before you use it instead of having it created when it's first called :p and all the functions have to go before the program starts... etc. :p