#include <iostream>int main (){    std::cout << "Hello, World!!!" << std::endl;    return 0;}

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Original post by Pikestriker
I really can''t recommend any beginner prgramming books as I learned all the little things in class and bought more advanced books. Well I hope it is a start.

/* this is a C style comment, the compiler ignores this */#include <stdlib.h> /* load the libraries that are needed */#include <stdio.h>int main() /* main() is always required, and has an interger             return type (int). */{  int a; /* creates a variable of type int (an interger - does          not contain any decimal point - a whole number -          variables hold values - they can be numbers (of type          int, float, double, etc.), characters (char, wchar_t,          etc.), strings (char str[], etc.), and so on. */    printf("Enter a value: "); /* prints to the screen */  scanf("%d", &a); /* scans for a value, and puts it into a - the                   & has to do with pointers, don't worry about                    that now.*/  prinft("Your value is %d.\n", a); /* places a where %d is */    system("PAUSE"); /* waits for a keypress before exiting */    return 0; /* returns 0;, any other value would mean an error             had occured - you'll learn about that later. */}