[maxpower1991]

using namespace std;

in linked list code
what this mean???

[SpeedisaVirus]

This


(The very bottom of the page explains why its std.)

This post has been edited by SpeedisaVirus: 22 May 2010 - 11:11 AM

[sparkart]

In C++, there is namespaces and scope. The purpose for this is to keep things organized.

In the STL, everything is in the std scope: std::cout. Basically, it is a shortcut that allows you to omit the namespace (but still keep things right).

Without using namespace std; the similar code would be required:

std::cout << "This is a line\n";
std::cout << "This is another line\n";
std::cout << "What is your name? ";
std::cin >> name;

To shorten the code, you could modify it like so:

using namespace std;

cout << "This is a line\n";
cout << "This is another line\n";
cout << "What is your name? ";
cin >> name;

Learn about C++ from: http://cplusplus.com

[Martyr2]

It is called a namespace. Think of it as a special naming context (or container) which helps protect against name collisions...that is, two functions being named the same. If I declare a function called sqrt() and later you create one called sqrt() and they end up in the same project, we are going to have issues. However, if I create mine in a namespace called "Martyr2" and you create yours in one called "maxpower" then they can appear in the same file side by side. How we would determine which is which is then we would qualify it. To use mine I would use Martyr2::sqrt() and you would use maxpower::sqrt().

So using namespace std means that the file is currently using function version from the namespace called "std". We could leave that line out and use the qualified name like std::string or std::cout. Or we could leave it in and simply use "string" and "cout" since it is assumed we are using versions from the std namespace.

Read up more on the idea of namespaces and you will get the idea.

[maxpower1991]

Martyr2, on 22 May 2010 - 05:14 PM, said:

It is called a namespace. Think of it as a special naming context (or container) which helps protect against name collisions...that is, two functions being named the same. If I declare a function called sqrt() and later you create one called sqrt() and they end up in the same project, we are going to have issues. However, if I create mine in a namespace called "Martyr2" and you create yours in one called "maxpower" then they can appear in the same file side by side. How we would determine which is which is then we would qualify it. To use mine I would use Martyr2::sqrt() and you would use maxpower::sqrt().

So using namespace std means that the file is currently using function version from the namespace called "std". We could leave that line out and use the qualified name like std::string or std::cout. Or we could leave it in and simply use "string" and "cout" since it is assumed we are using versions from the std namespace.

Read up more on the idea of namespaces and you will get the idea.

thank you....thats helpfully
and thank you all

[NickDMax]

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