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From basics to advanced techniques, here's your key to C programming!
No need to sing the blues every important note about C programming is in this handy desk reference! From keywords, functions, and operators to strings and random access files, one of these six minibooks has it covered. And, you'll find that this book remains a handy reference long after you've become a virtuoso in C.
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Book I: Hello, C.
Chapter 1: Your Basic C Program.
Chapter 2: How It All Works.
Chapter 3: More Basics, Comments, and Errors.
Chapter 4: Introducing Numbers and Variables.
Chapter 5: More Variables and Basic I/O.
Chapter 6: Decision Time.
Chapter 7: Looping.
Chapter 8: Using Constants.
Chapter 9: Mysterious Math.
Chapter 10: It’s Only Logical.
Book II: Middle C.
Chapter 1: Variables from Beyond Infinity.
Chapter 2: The Madness of Printf( ).
Chapter 3: Maniacal Math Functions.
Chapter 4: Not Truly Random.
Chapter 5: While Going Loopy.
Chapter 6: More Decision Making.
Chapter 7: The Goto Chapter.
Book III: Above C Level.
Chapter 1: Asking for Arrays.
Chapter 2: I Sing of Strings.
Chapter 3: Messing with Characters.
Chapter 4: Stinkin’ Structures.
Chapter 5: Creating Your Own Functions.
Chapter 6: Quitting Before You’re Done.
Chapter 7: More Variable Nonsense.
Book IV: Advanced C.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Evil Pointers.
Chapter 2: Getting to the *Point.
Chapter 3: Binary Bits.
Chapter 4: The Myth of the Array.
Chapter 5: Pointers and Strings.
Chapter 6: Crazy Arrays of Pointers.
Chapter 7: Functions and Pointers.
Chapter 8: Structures, Pointers, and the Malloc Deity.
Chapter 9: Does Anyone Have the Time?
Chapter 10: Building Big Programs.
Chapter 11: Help!
Book V: Disk Drive C.
Chapter 1: Just Your Standard I/O.
Chapter 2: Interacting with the Command Line.
Chapter 3: Hello, Disk!
Chapter 4: More Formal File Writing and Reading.
Chapter 5: Random Access Files.
Chapter 6: Folder Folderol.
Chapter 7: Under New File Management.
Book VI: The Joy of Linked Lists.
Chapter 1: Why Linked Lists?
Chapter 2: Dawn of the Database.
Chapter 3: Storing a Linked List on Disk.
Chapter 4: The Nightmare of the Double-Linked List.
Book VII: Appendixes.
Appendix A: The Stuff You Need to Know before Reading Everything Else in This Book.
Appendix B: ASCII Table.
Appendix C: Answers to Exercises.
Appendix D: C Language Keywords and Operators.
Appendix E: C Language Variable Types.
Appendix F: Escape Sequences.
Appendix G: Conversion Characters.
Index.
Anonymous
Posted March 17, 2013
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Widar
Posted July 1, 2012
Dan provides a smooth and gentle introduction to the C language starting with simple fundamentals and progressing to more difficult material. He keeps the pace steady and keeps one distracted with humerus side stories.
This book is particularly good for a beginner as the author does not assume that one already knows the fundamentals.
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From basics to advanced techniques, here's your key to C programming!
No need to sing the blues every important note about C programming is in this handy desk reference! From keywords, functions, and operators to strings and random access files, one of these six minibooks has it ...