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<p><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Introduction -<br>
 <br>
 </font></strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Okay, This 
 is my first tutorial ive ever written for Planet-Source-Code so go light if 
 I make mistakes :). I really hope this helps you as much as another tutorial 
 helped me. In this tutorial you will learn (hopefully) how to compile source 
 code and write a basic program that will display an Variable
 that you input. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Enjoy, ~Jamesy.</font></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Part 1 : The first 
 code of a beginner-</font></strong></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, if you dont have a 
 clue what to do you probably haven't got<br>
 compiler yet so go to http://www.download.com
 and search Dev-C++, this will show up a single result, if not search for Bloodshed 
 Dev-C++. This is a C++ and a C compiler also! So go ahead download it. Now, 
 once you have installed it open it and click the new file icon to bring up a 
 text editor-like window with this inside : </font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font color="#009900" face="Courier New, Courier, mono">#include <iostream.h><br>
  #include <stdlib.h></font></p>
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><strong>int</strong> main()<br>
  {</font></p>
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"> system(<font color="#FF0000">"PAUSE"</font>);<br>
  <strong> return</strong> <font color="#0000FF">0</font>;<br>
  }</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">now, in between the sharp 
 brackets (ones with a point in the middle) type or copy this :</font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">cout << <font color="#FF0000">"Howdy 
  there, Oh yeah, Hello World!"</font>;</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now you should have something 
 like this :</font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font color="#009900" face="Courier New, Courier, mono">#include <iostream.h><br>
  #include <stdlib.h></font></p>
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><strong>int</strong> main()<br>
  {<br>
  cout << <font color="#FF0000">"Howdy there, Oh yeah, Hello World!"</font>;<br>
  </font><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">system(<font color="#FF0000">"PAUSE"</font>);<br>
  <strong>return</strong> <font color="#0000FF">0</font>;<br>
  }</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Go to "Execute" 
 on the toolbar (where File, Edit, etc is) then press "Compile & Run" 
 and it should say in an MS-DOS prompt :</font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">Hello there, Oh yeah, Hello World!</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Congrats, you just programmed 
 in C++! Sure you didnt write the program but you did compile it which means 
 your a programmer.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now for the explanation 
 :</font></p>
<p><font color="#009900" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">#include</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
 means to insert code out of a header file. </font></p>
<p><font color="#009900" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">iostream.h</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
 is the file that lets you do the cout and cin commands. iostream means input-output-stream 
 just if you are wondering.</font></p>
<p><font color="#009900" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">stdlib.h</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
 lets you do the system(<font color="#FF0000">"PAUSE"</font>); command.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The blank line is just whitespace, 
 ignore it but put it between every function.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>int</strong> main() 
 is a function that must be in every C++ program. Its like your motherboard to 
 your PC, It cant be run with out it.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">{ is the opening bracket 
 and just for time keeping, } is the closing bracket.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">cout prints to the console 
 (<< must be present, cant be the other way round)</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">system(<font color="FF0000">"PAUSE"</font>); stops the 
 script from running after it, making the program to stop after it has printed 
 to the console instead of printing then closing. Thank this for giving you the 
 pleasure on seeing your pride joy in your first C++ program.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">return 0; returns 0 to close 
 the program.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On to Part 2 : The Juicey 
 Stuff</font></p>
<p> </p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Part 2 : The Juicey 
 Stuff</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now click the New Code button 
 again. Now we are gonna stick our fork in the steak this time and not the chips. 
 </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Click on the first whitespace 
 and press enter then type :</font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><strong>int</strong> clouds;</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">then in the next white space 
 put : </font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"> cout << <font color="#FF0000">"How 
  many clouds do you see?\n"</font>;<br>
  cin >> clouds;<br>
  cout <font color="#FF0000">"\nThere are "</font> << clouds 
  << <font color="#FF0000">" in the sky!\n"</font>;</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now you should have something 
 like this :</font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font color="#009900" face="Courier New, Courier, mono">#include <iostream.h><br>
  #include <stdlib.h></font></p>
 <p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><strong>int</strong> clouds;<br>
  <strong>int</strong> main()<br>
  {<br>
       cout << <font color="#FF0000">"How 
  many clouds are there?\n"</font>;<br>
       cin >> clouds;<br>
       cout << <font color="#FF0000">"\nThere 
  are " << clouds << " in the sky!"</font>;<br>
       system(<font color="#FF0000">"PAUSE"</font>);<br>
       <strong>return</strong> <font color="#0000FF">0</font>;<br>
  }</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now compiler and run and 
 test :)</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now for the explanation 
 :</font></p>
<p><font color="#FF0000" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">*Note 
 : I am only explaining things you have not already learnt</font></p>
<p><font color="#FF0000" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br>
 </font></font><font color="#FF0000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">int 
 clouds; is the variable, this stores the information you type in when you ran 
 the program. Say for instance 86 its would say :</font></font></p>
<blockquote> 
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, Courier, mono">There are 86 clouds 
  in the sky!</font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">There are more types of 
 Variable which I will explain in a later tutorial if you like my tutorial.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><< clouds << 
 in the cout command basically displays the variable. You can do this with any 
 variable and is used when using endl (another way to linebreak, I prefer \n 
 for programs like these) You can even add, subtract, multiply, etc with it.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ok now you have enough knowledge 
 to add to the program and make it more instresting and stuff, after my next 
 tutorial you will be able to make a Questionaire!</font></p>
<p><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Other things!</font></strong></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ok, if you want to get in 
 contact with me, I dont use email, Only AIM! Contact me on chickenscooop if 
 you need anything or want to recommend something.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Again, I would like feedback, 
 please give me feedback :)</font></p>
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 <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">~James Dunne</font></p>
 <blockquote> 
 <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
  </font></p>
 </blockquote>
</blockquote>
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