Simple C: Mcgregor, Jim; Mcgregor, Richard; Watt, Alan: 9780201403855: Book: Computers: eCampus.com

A beginners' text for novice students and programmers. Provides a step-by-step introduction to writing computer programs in C, concentrating on the central core of the language and its essential aspects. Includes extensive example programs and debugging tips and advice on good programming practice. Paper. DLC: C (Computer prog lang)

Preface

Introduction

(8)

Why program at all?

(1)

Why C?

(1)

The programming environment

(1)

A simple C program

(2)

Types of error

(1)

Program data

(1)

Testing and debugging

(1)

Programming in the large

(3)

1 Getting information in and out

(17)

1.1 Getting information into a program

(3)

1.2 Using a program

(1)

1.3 Variables and declarations

(2)

1.4 Getting information out of a program: Simple output

(4)

1.5 Getting information out of a program: Formatted output

(1)

1.6 Named constants

(2)

1.7 Testing and debugging

(1)

Summary of Chapter 1

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 1

(3)

2 Doing calculations

(19)

2.1 Assignment statements

(1)

2.2 The use of simple arithmetic expressions

(1)

2.3 Some alternative syntax

(1)

2.4 More about arithmetic expressions: Order of evaluation

(4)

2.5 Integer operators

(2)

2.6 More about int and float variables

(3)

2.7 The standard library

(3)

Summary of Chapter 2

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 2

(3)

3 Selecting alternatives

(21)

3.1 Simple if statements

(4)

3.2 Simple if-else statements

(1)

3.3 The use of compound statements

(4)

3.4 More complicated conditions

(1)

3.5 Definition of the logical operators

(1)

3.6 Logical values and variables

(4)

3.7 Selecting one of many alternatives

(3)

Summary of Chapter 3

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 3

(2)

4 Simple counter-controlled loops

(14)

4.1 Preliminary example

(1)

4.2 Simple for statements

(3)

4.3 Syntax of the for statement

(1)

4.4 Loan repayment example

(2)

4.5 Making use of the control variable

(2)

4.6 Other features of the for statement

(1)

4.7 Programs with more than one simple loop

(1)

Summary of Chapter 4

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 4

(2)

5 Conditional loops

(24)

5.1 Simple while loops

(1)

5.2 Simple do loops

(4)

5.3 Reading data from text files

(2)

5.4 while loops versus do loops

(3)

5.5 Multiple terminating conditions

(2)

5.6 Data terminators

(5)

5.7 Detecting the end of a data file

(1)

5.8 Use of logical variables

(2)

Summary of Chapter 5

(2)

Exercises for Chapter 5

101

(3)

6 Statements within statements

104

(21)

6.1 Conditional statements within loops

104

(4)

6.2 Loops within loops

108

(5)

6.3 Nested if statements

113

(5)

6.4 Data validation: Guarding a program

118

(3)

6.5 Stepwise refinement

121

(1)

Summary of Chapter 6

122

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 6

123

(2)

7 Giving a process a name

125

(18)

7.1 Simple void functions

125

(1)

7.2 Void functions with parameters

126

(4)

7.3 Reference parameters

130

(7)

7.4 Functions with results

137

(2)

Summary of Chapter 7

139

(2)

Exercises for Chapter 7

141

(2)

8 Working with characters

143

(20)

8.1 Character variables and character input

143

(3)

8.2 Character as function parameters

146

(2)

8.3 Reading character data from files

148

(1)

8.4 Character ordering

148

(6)

8.5 Further facilities for character manipulation

154

(5)

Summary of Chapter 8

159

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 8

160

(3)

9 Collections of values: Arrays

163

(26)

9.1 One-dimensional arrays

163

(2)

9.2 Sequential access to one-dimensional arrays

165

(5)

9.3 Arrays of characters: Strings

170

(2)

9.4 Subscript range errors

172

(1)

9.5 Random access to one-dimensional arrays

172

(5)

9.6 Array parameters

177

(3)

9.7 Two-dimensional arrays

180

(5)

Summary of Chapter 9

185

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 9

186

(3)

10 Collections of values: Structures

189

(22)

10.1 Simple structures

189

(4)

10.2 Tables: Arrays of structures

193

(3)

10.3 Structures compared with other variable types

196

(2)

10.4 Structures as parameters

198

(3)

10.5 Searching in tables

201

(3)

10.5 Sorting tables

204

(4)

Summary of Chapter 10

208

(1)

Exercises for Chapter 10

209

(2)

Appendix A C keywords

211

(1)

Appendix B Arithmetic, relational and logical operators

212

(1)

Appendix C Some library functions

213

(4)

Index

217


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