C++20 Quick Syntax Reference: A Pocket Guide to the Language, APIs, and Library

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Introduction
Chapter 1: Hello World
	Choosing an IDE
	Creating a Project
	Adding a Source File
	Selecting Language Standard
	Hello World
	Using the Standard Namespace
	IntelliSense
Chapter 2: Compile and Run
	Visual Studio Compilation
	Console Compilation
	Comments
Chapter 3: Variables
	Data Types
	Declaring Variables
	Assigning Variables
	Variable Scope
	Integer Types
	Signed and Unsigned Integers
	Numeric Literals
	Floating-Point Types
	Literal Suffixes
	Char Type
	Bool Type
Chapter 4: Operators
	Arithmetic Operators
	Assignment Operators
	Increment and Decrement Operators
	Comparison Operators
	Logical Operators
	Bitwise Operators
	Operator Precedence
Chapter 5: Pointers
	Creating Pointers
	Dereferencing Pointers
	Pointing to a Pointer
	Dynamic Allocation
	Null Pointer
Chapter 6: References
	Creating References
	References and Pointers
	Reference and Pointer Guideline
	Rvalue Reference
Chapter 7: Arrays
	Array Declaration and Allocation
	Array Assignment
	Multidimensional Arrays
	Dynamic Arrays
	Array Size
	Vector
Chapter 8: Strings
	String Combining
	Escape Characters
	String Compare
	String Functions
	String Encodings
	String Formatting
Chapter 9: Conditionals
	If Statement
	Switch Statement
	Ternary Operator
	Initializers
Chapter 10: Loops
	While Loop
	Do-while Loop
	For Loop
	Break and Continue
	Goto Statement
Chapter 11: Functions
	Defining Functions
	Calling Functions
	Function Parameters
	Default Parameter Values
	Function Overloading
	Return Statement
	Forward Declaration
	Pass by Value
	Pass by Reference
	Pass by Address
	Return by Value, Reference, or Address
	Inline Functions
	Auto and Decltype
	Returning Multiple Values
	Lambda Functions
Chapter 12: Classes
	Class Methods
	Inline Methods
	Object Creation
	Accessing Object Members
	Forward Declaration
Chapter 13: Constructors
	Constructor Overloading
	This Keyword
	Field Initialization
	Default Constructor
	Destructor
	Special Member Functions
	Object Initialization
	Direct Initialization
	Value Initialization
	Copy Initialization
	New Initialization
	Aggregate Initialization
	Uniform Initialization
	Designated Initializers
Chapter 14: Inheritance
	Upcasting
	Downcasting
	Constructor Inheritance
	Multiple Inheritance
Chapter 15: Overriding
	Hiding Derived Members
	Overriding Derived Members
	Base Class Scoping
	Pure Virtual Functions
Chapter 16: Access Levels
	Private Access
	Protected Access
	Public Access
	Access Level Guideline
	Friend Classes and Functions
	Public, Protected, and Private Inheritance
Chapter 17: Static
	Static Fields
	Static Methods
	Static Local Variables
	Static Global Variables
Chapter 18: Enum Types
	Enum Example
	Enum Constant Values
	Enum Scope
	Weakly Typed Enums
	Enum Constant Type
Chapter 19: Structs and Unions
	Structs
	Struct Initialization
	Union
	Anonymous Union
Chapter 20: Operator Overloading
	Binary Operator Overloading
	Unary Operator Overloading
	Comparison Operator Overloading
	Overloadable Operators
Chapter 21: Custom Conversions
	Implicit Conversion Constructor
	Explicit Conversion Constructor
	Conversion Operators
	Explicit Conversion Operators
Chapter 22: Namespaces
	Accessing Namespace Members
	Nesting Namespaces
	Importing Namespaces
	Namespace Member Import
	Namespace Alias
	Type Alias
	Including Namespace Members
Chapter 23: Constants
	Constant Variables
	Constant Pointers
	Constant References
	Constant Objects
	Constant Methods
	Constant Return Type and Parameters
	Constant Fields
	Constant Expressions
	Immediate Functions
	Constant Guideline
Chapter 24: Preprocessor
	Including Source Files
	Define
	Undefine
	Predefined Macros
	Macro Functions
	Conditional Compilation
	Compile if Defined
	Error
	Line
	Pragma
	Attributes
Chapter 25: Exception Handling
	Throwing Exceptions
	Try-Catch Statement
	Rethrowing Exceptions
	Noexcept Specifier
	Exception Class
Chapter 26: Type Conversions
	Implicit Conversions
	Explicit Conversions
		C++ Casts
	Static Cast
	Reinterpret Cast
	Const Cast
	C-Style and New-Style Casts
	Dynamic Cast
	Dynamic or Static Cast
Chapter 27: Smart Pointers
	Unique Pointer
	Shared Pointer
	Weak Shared Pointer
Chapter 28: Templates
	Function Templates
	Calling Function Templates
	Multiple Template Parameters
	Class Templates
	Non-type Parameters
	Default Types and Values
	Class Template Specialization
	Function Template Specialization
	Variable Templates
	Variadic Templates
	Fold Expressions
	Concepts
	Abbreviated Function Templates
	Template Lambdas
Chapter 29: Headers
	Why Use Headers
	Using Headers
	What to Include in Headers
	Inline Variables
	Include Guards
	Modules
Index