Special Characters in c++

Special Characters in c++

Character          Name                   Description


     //              Double slash        Marks the beginning of a comment.
           #              Pound sign           Marks the beginning of a preprocessor directive.
         < >           brackets                Encloses a filename when used with #include directive.
          ( )            parentheses           Used in naming a function, as in int main()
         { }            braces                   Encloses a group of statements, such as the contents of a function.
         " "            quotation marks    Encloses a string of characters, such as a message that is to be                                                                 printed on the screen.
           ;             Semicolon Marks  the end of a complete programming    statement.