Introduction to

Programming

Lecturer #2
Reading Material
Deitel & Deitel C++ How to
Program
chapter 1
1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.11, 1.12,
1.13,1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22
What is programming
A precise sequence of steps to
solve a particular problem
 Editor
Interpreter and Compilers
Debuggers
Linker
loader
#include <iostream.h>
main ( )
{
cout << Welcome to Virtual University
;
}
Variable

Variable X
 Variable
Pic of the memory

25

name
of the
variabl
10323 e
 Variable
Variable starts with
1. Character
2. Underscore _ (Not
Recommended)
 Variable
Small post box

X
 Variable
Variable is the name of a
location in
the memory

e.g. x= 2;
 Variable
In a program a variable
has:
1. Name

2. Type

3. Size

4. Value
 Assignment
Operator
=
x=2

X
2
 Assignment
Operator
L.H.S = R.H.S.

X+ 3 = y + 4 Wrong
Z = x +4
x +4 = Z Wrong
X = 10 ; X 10
X = 30 ;
X 30
 X = X + 1;
X
10 + 1
= 11
X
 Data type
int i ; ->
Declaration line

i
#include <iostream.h>
main ( )
{
int x ;
int y ;
int z ;
x = 10 ;
y = 20 ;
z=x+y;

cout << " x = " ;

cout << x ;

cout << " y = " ;

cout << y ;

cout << " z =x + y = " ;

cout << z ;
}
 int x, y, z ;
int x; int y; int z
;
Data Types
1. int
2. short
3. long
4. float
5. double
6. char
 Arithmetic
operators
Plus +

Minus -

Multiply *

Divide /

Modulus %
Arithmetic
operators
i+j
x*y
a/b
a%b
% = Remainder

5%2=1
2%2=0
4/2=2
5/2=?
Precedence
Highest: ()
Next: * , / , %
Lowest: +,-
#include <iostream.h>
main ( )
{
int age1, age2, age3, age4, age5, age6, age7, age8, age9, age10 ;
int TotalAge ;
int AverageAge ;

cout << Please enter the age of student 1: ;

cin >> age1 ;

cout << Please enter the age of student 2: ;

cin >> age2 ;
:
:
TotalAge = age1+ age2 + age3+ age4+ age5+age6+ age7+ age8+age9 +
age10 ;
AverageAge = TotalAge / 10 ;

cout<< The average age of the class is : << AverageAge ;

}