hi there,
does any one have a large document/text file/html page on beggining with c or c++?
or does anyone know any scorces.
so far, i have

dev C++

and

Mirical C

compilers. dev c++ compiles both c and c++ and many other file extensions.

so far, i have only made the 'hello world' program with c++ whiuch the only line i understand in the code is 'hello world'.

also are there any reccommanded books that i could buy?

thank you for any help you can give me.

(oh, and im not stupid enough for SOMEONE to say 'here U n00b' and give me an .exe file)How Stuff Works - How C Programming Works

Decent tutorial.

I am now reading one of the Dummy books - C++ for Dummies by Stephen Randy Davis.(Also the author of a book called C++ Weekend Crash Course)

C at the best of times is a very difficult language to get to grips with at the best of times (ie with programming experience). If you are TOTALLY new to programming, I'd recommend Python (http://www.python.org), since it's pretty straightforward but still very powerful.

After you have the hang of the basics, start off coding in C. C++ is horrendously complicated for a complete beginner (as you've aptly demonstrated), and is a language I'm still totally flummoxed by.

Anyway, I think you'll find that searching the web for more than 0.2 nanoseconds will uncover a *censored* of a lot of sites with C/C++ Tutorials. I had a quick look at DMoz.org and found loads -

http://www.dmoz.com/Computers/Programming/Languages/
http://www.dmoz.com/Computers/Programming/Languages/C/Tutorials/
http://www.dmoz.com/Computers/Programming/Languages/C%2b%2b/FAQs,_Help,_and_Tutorials/

As Raptor has hinted though, these online tutorials are NOTHING compared to a BIG chunky bit of treeware (a book, to you) sitting on your desk...