C Programming Absolute Beginner's Guide

C Programming Absolute Beginner's Guide, Third Edition




Updated for C11




PART I: JUMPING RIGHT IN


1 What Is C Programming, and Why Should I Care?


2 Writing Your First C Program

3 What Does This Do? Clarifying Your Code with Comments

4 Your World Premiere-Putting Your Program's Results

5 Adding Variables to Your Programs
6 Adding Words to Your Programs
7 Making Your Programs More Powerful with #include and #define
8 Interacting with Users



PART II: PUTTING C TO WORK FOR YOU
9 Crunching the Numbers-Letting C Handle Math for You

10 Powering Up Your Variables with Assignments and Expressions
11 The Fork in the Road-Testing Data to Pick a Path

12 Juggling Several Choices with Logical Operators
13 A Bigger Bag of Tricks-Some More Operators for Your Programs


PART III: FLESHING OUT YOUR PROGRAMS


14 Code Repeat-Using Loops to Save Time and Effort

15 Looking for Another Way to Create Loops
16 Breaking in and out of Looped Code


17 Making the case for the switch Statement
18 Increasing Your Program's Output (and Input)

19 Getting More from Your Strings
20 Advanced Math (for the Computer, Not You!) .


PART IV: MANAGING DATA WITH YOUR C PROGRAMS


21 Dealing with Arrays

22 Searching Arrays
23 Alphabetizing and Arranging Your Data


24 Solving the Mystery of Pointers
25 Arrays and Pointers


26 Maximizing Your Computer's Memory
27 Setting Up Your Data with Structures


PART V: FILES AND FUNCTIONS


28 Saving Sequential Files to Your Computer

29 Saving Random Files to Your Computer
30 Organizing Your Programs with Functions


31 Passing Variables to Your Functions
32 Returning Data from Your Functions



APPENDIXES

A The ASCII Table

B The Draw Poker Program