Modern C++ programs should almost always use vectors and iteriators in preference to the lower-level arrays and pointers, and strings to replace C-style array based character strings. Well designed programs use arrays and pointers only in the internals of class implementations where speed is essential. As well as being less powerful, C-style strings are the […]
Category: Pointers
Pointers General
Dealing with pointers that haven’t been created yet To determin if the pointer myFile has been created use (for instance can be useful when trying to say close a file in an error handler if its been created): if (myFile != nullptr)