Statement questions

[advancedip]

What is a function, class, and etc?
Are functions statements?

  //Why is this possible
void blah(/*blah blah blah*/)
{
//blah blah blah
};// This semicolon

//and also
cout << "blah" << endl;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[Cheddar99]

What is a function?
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/functions/

What is a statement?
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/control/

What is a class?
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/classes/

What is .... ???
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[advancedip]

functions are a GROUP OF STATEMENTS

[jonnin]

Your cout statement is printing a hard coded text output that by coincidence is the name of your functionish example. Its the same as cout << "text unrelated to anything at all";

now, this is more interesting:
string blah()
{
return "how exciting!";
}

…
cout << blah(); //note the difference, no quotes, () function call syntax, and the function returns a value that has meaning to cout (a string of text, here).

its not a bad thing to think of function in terms of the math … y = f(x); //look familiar? variable = foo(parameters); … right? But a group of statements works too. Different ways to look at it.

[PiggiesGoSqueal]

While this does not directly answer your question, most of these links should answer your questions. These are the sites and YouTube Playlists that have helped me a TON while learning C++. I recommend bookmarking them and checking them out.


This Site for Tutorials, Help, and general information:
- http://www.cplusplus.com/>

C++ Tutorials:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL318A5EB91569E29A
- https://www.learncpp.com/>
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL68244A805BD16617

C++ Examples:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6xSOsbVA1eaxY06L5ZZJfDZSohwO6AKY

C++ Datastructures: (More advanced)
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6xSOsbVA1eZdXRQCwydeva90oZGLgR1v

Things to Avoid in C++:
- http://www.gidnetwork.com/b-56.html

Hope this helps! =)