Chapter 13: Pointers, Classes, Virtual Functions and Abstract Classes

In chapter 13 we will learn about:

• The pointer data type and pointer variables
• The address of operator and the dereferencing operator
• The new and delete operators
• Pointer arithmetic and dynamic arrays
• Shallow and deep copies of data
• The peculiarities of classes with pointer member variables
• Virtual functions

To get some experience with pointers I would like you to complete programming exercise 2 on page 793 which asks you to redo programming exercise number 6 from chapter 9 using dynamic arrays. This assignment is due in class two weeks from today, Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

Here is the data file for this assignment.