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COM1100-Winter2000-Yuhong
Yin Northeastern
University
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Line by line analysis
n#include
<iostream>
–
It is a preprocessor command. Preprocessor command begins with a pound
sign(#) and perform some action before the compiler translate the source program into machine language.
– Tells the compiler to read the file iostream.h . This file contains definition for stream input/output package.
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In our example, cout performs output onto the screen and therefore
requires the service provided in iostream.h