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[Luke95]

Hello, im looking for a beginning project. I'm 16, and unfortinatly for me my school does not offer Coding/C++ classes. Im a little new to c++ all though I already know most of html, and learning Javascript as well. What I am looking for is a semi-difficult assignment to help me further my knowledge, I have already done popular ones such as "Hello World". Any information would help. Highly appreciated!

[Computergeek01]

Have you been here yet?: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[Luke95]

I did not, thanks! That looks like itll help alot, and from there im sure i'll be able to think of something on my own. Appreciated!

[bmorton]

Hello,
I am a student from UAT and I just wanted to throw my two cents in. I believe some of the most practical stuff I have worked on when it comes to C++ is doing system admin tasks on a Linux machine. One thing that I use a lot is opening, reading, and writing to files.

int main () 
{
  ofstream myfile;
  sourcefile.open ("file.txt");
  sourcefile << "admin tasks to write to file\n";
  sourcefile.close();
}

Other ideas would be reading directories, looking for file names, and other stuff that would involve any kind of admin work. Although C++ isn't really the first choice for admin scripts, you learn the language fast by writing them.

As for a fun project... I think the most fun I had on a C++ project to date is a maze solving algorithm that I wrote. All you do is take a two dimensional array full of something like # signs then make a path through them with some other character and have your C++ move through the array.

###########
#         *
# #########
#   # ##  #
###   ##  #
### ##### #
*         #
########### 

It is fun and simple but presents you with a little challenge too.