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C++ Programs for College Students ⌨️

This repository contains essential C++ programs for college students.
I recommend compiling the C++ programs using g++ in GNU/Linux.

Installing `g++` in Linux

Ubuntu: sudo apt install build-essential
Fedora: sudo dnf install g++
Most distributions bundle gcc and g++ with them by default, so a seperate installation isn't required.

Compiling a CPP program in `g++`

Ensure g++ is installed by running g++ --version command.
Open a terminal emulator of your choice.
Navigate to the relevant directory using cd command.
Optionally, use touch <filename>.cpp command to create a CPP file.
Enter g++ filename.cpp to compile the file. Any compilation/syntactical errors in the program will be displayed here.
After a successful compilating, an output binary file a.out will be created by default.
You can also provide your own custom output name by adding -o flag at the end of g++ command. For example, g++ <filename>.cpp -o <filename>. Now the binary will be created in a custom filename.
To run the binary files just type ./a.out or ./binaryname in the terminal.

Writing and compiling Hello World C++ Program

You can write this program in any IDE or text editor of choice.
Example code:-

/*helloworld.cpp*/

#include<iostream> //header file
using namespace std; //for using cin,cout commands without std:: tags
int main()
{
cout<<"Hello World"<<endl; 
}

To create for the output for file we need compile it using a compiler like GCC,etc.
Open Terminal in Linux and cd into the file's directory.
Type g++ helloworld.cpp or c++ helloworld.cpp and enter this will create an a.out binary file.
For creating an output file with cutstom name use g++ helloworld.cpp -o helloworld.
Now we can run the binaries using ./a.out or ./helloworld
Output in the terminal would be:-