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In C++, classes and structs are one of the most important parts of modern software development. In modern C++, there are some rules to support the principles of programming, in class definitions there are a few rules to be considered, these are the Rule of Zero, the Rule of Three, the Rule of Five, and the Rule of Six. In this post, we explain all of these rules with examples. C++ is an Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) language, and OOP is a way to integrate with objects which can contain data in the form (attributes or properties of objects), and code blocks in the form of procedures (methods, functions of objects). Most developers find that using OOP techniques helps them to map real-world behavior and bring an organizational structure to data. These attributes and methods are variables and functions that belong to the class – part of the class’s code and they are generally referred to as class members. First, let’s refresh our memory about the fact that Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) in OOP programming, and the Single Responsibility Principle and how that relates to the Rule of Zero in C++. What is resource acquisition in C++? The principle of Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) term used in several OOP programming languages, which relates to the ability to manage resources, such as memory, through the copy and move constructors, destruction, and assignment operators. RAII is about the declaration and use of destructors, copy-move operators, and memory management in these members and methods. These cause new rules in development. What is the single responsibility principle in C++? The Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) is a computer programming principle that states, “A module should be responsible to one, and only one, actor.” This principle exposes a rule for the classes in C++, called Rule of Zero. Now, let’s see what the Rule of Zero in C++ is. What is the rule of zero in C++? The Rule of Zero means that, if all members have default member functions, no further work is needed. This is the simplest and cleanest semantics of programming. The compiler provides default implementations for all of the default member functions if there are no special member functions that are user-defined. You should prefer the case where no special member functions need to be defined.  Here is more about Rule of Zero with C++ Examples, What is the rule of three in C++? The Rule of Three states that if you need to define a class that has any of the following special member functions a copy constructor, copy assignment operator, or destructor then usually you need to define all these three special member functions. So, these 3 special member functions below should be defined if you have at least one of them defined, Copy constructor Copy assignment operator Destructor Here is more about Rule of Three with C++ examples, What is the rule of five in C++? The Rule of Three is outdated after C++11. C++11 comes with two additional special members of move semantics: the move constructor and the move assignment operator. So, there is another rule, the Rule of Five. The Rule of Five states that if you need to define any of the five special members below, copy constructor, copy assignment operator, move constructor, move assignment operator, or a destructor then you probably need to define or delete (or at least consider) all five of them. Here is more about Rule of Five with C++ examples, Actually, this could be called “The Rule of Six“, because the […]

The RAD Studio, C++ Builder 11 and C++ Builder CE Community Editions have a lot of amazing visual and nonvisual components that you can use in your modern applications for Windows and mobile. One of these is the free chart component for the VCL and FMX frameworks called TeeChart (TChart). TChart comes with RAD Studio including RAD Studio 10.x,11.x and the CE versions. How To Install and Use TeeChart (TChart) in C++ Builder CE? When you install RAD Studio on the second page of the “platforms” choices are some optional modules and components. One of those is “TeeChart Standard”. This is the free version of TChart which you can use in your applications. If you want more detailed professional charts in your applications, there is also TeeChart Pro by Steema. The TeeChart Pro charting component library offers hundreds of Graph styles in 2D and 3D for data visualization, 56 mathematical, statistical, and financial functions for you to choose from together with an unlimited number of axes and 30 Palette components. Please visit their official Steema web page for more details. How To Develop Apps With TeeChart (TChart) in C++? If you installed TChart in C++ Builder, you can use this component in your VCL or FMX applications. To do this: Create a New C++ Builder VCL Windows Application in RAD Studio Go to Palette window, there is TChart component (under the TeeChart Lite category) to visualize many kind of chart graphics. Drag it on to form, or If you have a specific area like a panel, rectangle or a tab drag it on to this area. You can move, resize or align it by selecting Align->Client selection, you can also set its margins. C++ Builder 11 CE Form Design with TChart component Now you can modify its default settings and you can add your custom charts, Pie, Bars, y=f(x) series, etc. How To Draw y = f(x) Series With TeeChart (TChart) in C++? Double click to TChart to create your own Chart series. Press “Add…” Button in Editing Chart Window, this will bring you to the Series Gallery as shown below. Select Functions tab and select y=f(x) series, Press OK, and Close When you are in form designer mode, be sure that there is Series1 in the Structure panel as below, Now you have a y =f(x) graph, add a Button (TButton) Double Click to your button (i.e. Button1) When user clicks this button we can clear and add series in this button click like so: Series1->Clear(); Series1->Add(  0.0, 55.0, clTeeColor ); Series1->Add( 10.0, 72.0, clTeeColor ); Series1->Add( 30.0, 95.0, clTeeColor ); Series1->Add( 40.0, 123.0, clTeeColor ); How To Draw Bar Series With TeeChart (TChart) in C++? If you want you can add a new Bar Chart, Double click to TChart to create your own Chart series. Press “Add…” Button in Editing Chart Window, this will bring you Series Gallery as below, In Series tab, select Bar Series,(i.e. this will be named as Series2) Press OK, and Close Add a new Button (TButton), named as Button2 Double click to this button (i.e Button2) When user clicks this button we can clear and add bar series in this button click as below here Series2->Clear(); Series2->Add(  88.0, “Jan”, clTeeColor ); Series2->Add(  72.0, “Feb”, clTeeColor ); Series2->Add(  95.0, “Mar”, clTeeColor ); Series2->Add( 123.0, “Apr”, clTeeColor ); that’s […]

In the early days of C++ there were few data types such as char, float, and int. Over time these types improved with new additions. Modern C++ is really amazing, it allows you to define your data type in accordance with the limits of your variable values. One of the largest integer types is the unsigned long long or unsigned long long int and in this post we explain how to use the long long int type. What are the fundamental variables In C++? A professional developer should always know the size of data types and their limits and which data types of a variable is needed in these limits, because the operating system allocates memory and decides what can be stored in the reserved memory. In addition to standard types in C++, there are fixed-width integers which are defined types in header  with a fixed number of bits. Fixed-width integers are called as intN_t or intX_t integers where N or X represents number of bits reserved for that type.  What is long long int type in C++? The long long integral type (or long long int) is an integer type for the larger numbers that doubles bytes of long type integer. The long long and long long int types are identical as same as long and long int types are identical. In modern C++, C++11 standard introduced long long integral type to be more compatible with C99 standards. Detailed information on this feature, can be seen in this proposal: long long type Proposal document. Adding long long was proposed previously by Roland Hartinger in June of 1995. At the time, long long had not been considered by the C committee, and the C++ committee was reluctant to add a fundamental type that was not also in C. Almost a decade later long long was part of C99, and many major C++ compilers start to support it. long long has been added to standards with C++11. If we consider that int variable has size of 4 bytes, long long int has size of 8 bytes. usigned long long int is same. Here are the most used integer types in C++, Type Typical Bit Width Typical Range int 4bytes -2147483648 to 2147483647 unsigned int 4bytes 0 to 4294967295 signed int 4bytes -2147483648 to 2147483647 short int 2bytes -32768 to 32767 unsigned short int 2bytes 0 to 65,535 signed short int 2bytes -32768 to 32767 long int 4bytes -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 signed long int 4bytes same as long int unsigned long int 4bytes 0 to 4,294,967,295 long long int 8bytes -(2^63) to (2^63)-1 unsigned long long int 8bytes 0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 Is there a simple example of how to use the long long int type in C++? Here is a simple example that shows how you can use int, long int long long int, unsigned long long int,   int i = 2147483647; long int l = 2147483647; long long int ll = 9223372036854775807; unsigned long long int ull= 18446744073709551615;   Is there an example of how to use long long int type in C++? Here is an example of how you can use long long, long long int and unsigned long long, unsigned long long int, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19   #include   int main() { int i = […]

In C++, classes and structs are one of the most important parts of modern application development. In modern C++, there are some rules to support the principles of programming, one of which is the Rule of Six in C++ (also known as the Rule of Five, excluding the constructor). In this post, we explain the Rule of Six in C++ with examples. C++ is an Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) language, and OOP is a way to integrate with objects which can contain data in the form (attributes or properties of objects), and code blocks in the form of procedures (methods, functions of objects). Most developers find that using OOP techniques help them to map real-world behavior and bring an organizational structure to data. These attributes and methods are variables and functions that belong to the class – part of the class’s code and they are generally referred to as class members. First, let’s refresh our memory about the fact that Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) in OOP programming, and the Single Responsibility Principle and how that relates to the Rule of Zero in C++. What is resource acquisition in C++? The principle of Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) term used in several OOP programming languages, which relates to the ability to manage resources, such as memory, through the copy and move constructors, destruction, and assignment operators. RAII is about the declaration and use of destructors, copy-move operators, and memory management in these members and methods. These cause new rules in development. What is the single responsibility principle in C++? The Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) is a computer programming principle that states “A module should be responsible to one, and only one, actor.” This principle exposes a rule for the classes in C++, called Rule of Zero. Now, let’s see what the Rule of Zero in C++ is. What is the rule of zero in C++? The Rule of Zero means that, if all members have default member functions, no further work is needed. This is the simplest and cleanest semantics of programming. The compiler provides default implementations for all of the default member functions if there are no special member functions that are user-defined. You should prefer the case where no special member functions need to be defined.  Here is more about Rule of Zero with C++ Examples, What is the rule of three in C++? The Rule of Three states that if you need to define a class that has any of the following special member functions a copy constructor, copy assignment operator, or destructor then usually you need to define all these three special member functions. So, these 3 special member functions below should be defined if you have at least one of them defined, Copy constructor Copy assignment operator Destructor Here is more about Rule of Three with C++ examples, What is the rule of six in C++? The Rule of Three is outdated after C++11. C++11 comes with two additional special members of move semantics: the move constructor and the move assignment operator. So, there is another rule, the Rule of Six. The Rule of Six states that if you need to define any of the six special members below, constructor copy constructor, copy assignment operator, move constructor, move assignment operator, or a destructor then you probably need to define or delete (or at least consider) all six of them. This rule also known as “The Rule of Five“, because the default constructor is special, and, therefore, sometimes excluded. Note that, when you define […]