C Programming 2E

by King,K. N.

• ISBN13: 9780393979503
• ISBN10: 0393979504
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-31
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

You\'ve never seen a C book like this before: packed with useful information and examples, yet highly readable. Everyone from beginner to expert can profit from reading C Programming: A Modern Approach.

Table of Contents

Introducing C

History of C

Origins

Standardization

C++

Strengths and Weaknesses of C

Strengths

Weaknesses

Effective Use of C

C Fundamentals

Writing a Simple Program

Program: Printing a Pun

Compiling and Linking

The General Form of a Simple Program

Directives

Functions

Statements

Printing Strings

Comments

Variables and Assignment

Types

Declarations

Assignment

Printing the Value of a Variable

Program

Computing the Dimensional Weight of a Box

Initialization

Printing Expressions

Reading Input Program: Computing the Dimensional Weight of a Box (Revisited)

Defining Constants Program: Converting from Fahrenheit to Celsius

Identifiers

Keywords

Layout of a C Program

Formatted Input/Output

The printf Function Conversion Specifications

Program: Using printf to Format Numbers

Escape Sequences

The scanf Function How scanf Works

Ordinary Characters in Format Strings

Confusing printf with scanf

Program: Computing the Value of Stock Holdings

Expressions

Arithmetic Operators

Operator Precedence and Associativity

Program: Computing a UPC Check Digit

Assignment Operators Simple Assignment

Lvalues

Compound Assignment

Increment and Decrement Operators

Expression Evaluation Order of Subexpression Evaluation

Expression Statements

5 Selection Statements

Logical Expressions Relational Operators

Equality Operators

Logical Operators

The if Statement Compound Statements

The else Clause

Cascaded if Statements

Program: Calculating a Broker's Commission

The 'Dangling else' Problem

Conditional Expressions

Boolean Values

The switch Statement The Role of the break Statement

Program: Printing a Date in Legal Form

Loops

The while Statement Infinite Loops

Program: Printing a Table of Squares

Program: Summing a Series of Numbers

The do Statement Program: Calculating the Number of Digits in an Integer

The for Statement for Statement Idioms

Omitting Expressions in a for Statement

The Comma Operator

Program: Printing a Table of Squares (Revisited)

Exiting from a Loop

The break Statement

The continue Statement

The goto Statement

Program: Balancing a Checkbook

The Null Statement

Basic Types

Integer Types Integer Constants

Reading and Writing Integers

Program: Summing a Series of Numbers (Revisited)

Floating Types

Floating Constants

Reading and Writing Floating-Point Numbers

Character Types

Escape Sequences

Character-Handling Functions

Reading and Writing Characters

Program: Determining the Length of a Message

The sizeof Operator

Type Conve

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