I found these books on Amazon.com, eCampus.com, and BN.com: C++: How to Program, Fourth Edition by Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel Starting out with C++, Third Edition by Tony Gaddis C++: A Beginner's Guide by Herbert Schildt C++ from the Beginning, Second Edition by Jan Skansholm Thanks for any help. [edited by - cmillion on January 11, 2003 7:09:46 AM]

I used "C : How To Program" several years ago in college. I''ve never owned any of the other Dietel books, but I liked the one I have, and after browsing the other books they seem to be written well. My only caveat would be that they appear to be geared toward classroom use, so you may be frustrated with the lack of answers to the numerous questions in the book.

On the whole, I would recommend Dietel. I haven''t had good luck with Herb Schildt books, so my personal recommendation would be "no" on that one.

If I may suggest another one : "Practical C++" by McGregor. The book is inexpensive since it doesn''t come with a CD, it has MANY full working code samples that you can type in to learn, and he goes into STL and some other more advanced topics that some books barely touch. A few of my VB co-workers have used this book and like it alot.

HTH,
greg

Thanks for the reply.