C By Discovery

by Foster, W. D.; Foster, L. S.

• ISBN13: 9781576761700
• ISBN10: 1576761703
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-15
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This book provides an introduction to the C programming language. It is widely known for its accurate and precise descriptions, its careful annotation of code, and its comprehensive coverage of topics. This book includes numerous "Learning Activities" which allow readers to immediately "do it" after they "read it" in the book.This book is for readers interested in learning the C programming language.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

What to Expect from C

Fundamentals-Reserved Words, Identifiers, the Character Set

Subprograms or Functions in C

An Introduction to Output in C

Input and Output with Variables

Arithmetic Operations

Introduction to Functions and Structured Programming in C

Language Elements Introduced in This Chapter: A Review

Things to RememberExercises and Programming Problems

Gaining Control

Expressions and Statements

Blocks and Compound Statements

The if and if-else Statements

Relational Operators and Expressions

The while Loop

Logical Operators and Expressions

The for Loop

Making C Readable-Programming Style

Language Elements Introduced in This Chapter: A Review

Things to Remember

Exercises and Programming Problems

Basic Data Types

Introduction to Scalar Types in C

Integers and Different Integer Bases

The Integer Types

The size of() Operator

Character Variables

Unsigned Types

ANSI C and Integer Types

If There's Time or Need: Bit Operations on the Integer Types

Floating Point Types

Types of Expressions and Automatic Conversions

Forced Type Conversions

Language Elements Introduced in This Chapter: A Review

Things to Remember

Exercises and Programming Problems

Arrays and Pointers

One Dimensional Arrays

Initialization of Arrays

Arrays as Parameters to Functions

Getting Started with Pointers

Pointer Arithmetic

Dereferencing a Pointer Variable

An Array as a Pointer

Passing Parameters to Functions

Searching and Sorting Arrays

Pointers and Dynamic Memory Allocation

Language Elements Introduced in This Chapter: A Review

Things to Remember

Exercises and Programming Problems

Strings

Introduction to Strings

Variable Strings

Input and Output of Strings

The Common String Library Functions

Examples with strlen() and strchr()

More Functions in the C String Library

Two Versions of strcat()

Language Elements Introduced in This Chapter: A Review

Things to Remember

Exercises and Programming Problems

Keeping Control

Introduction

The do-while Statement

The switch Statement

Altering the Flow of Control

Getting Out Gracefully

If There's Time or Need: Using Recursion

Language Elements Introduced in This Chapter: A Review

Things to Remember

Exercises and Programming Problems

Structuring the Data

Introduction to Structures

Operations on Structures

Using Structures with Arrays and Pointers

Bit Fields

Enumerated Types

UnionsLanguage Elements Introduced in This Chapter: A Review

Things to Remember

Exercises and Programming Problems

Intra-program Communication

Introduction

Automatic versus Static Variables

Global versus Local Variables

Modules and External Variables

Typedefs

Function Definitions

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