C Primer Plus, Sixth Edition (Jason Arnold's Library) by Prata, Stephen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

About This eBook Title Page Copyright Page Developer’s Library Contents at a Glance Table of Contents Dedication About the Author Acknowledgments We Want to Hear from You! Reader Services Preface

Approach and Goals

1. Getting Ready

Whence C? Why C? Whither C? What Computers Do High-level Computer Languages and Compilers Language Standards Using C: Seven Steps Programming Mechanics How This Book Is Organized Conventions Used in This Book Summary Review Questions Programming Exercise

2. Introducing C

A Simple Example of C The Example Explained The Structure of a Simple Program Tips on Making Your Programs Readable Taking Another Step in Using C While You’re at It—Multiple Functions Introducing Debugging Keywords and Reserved Identifiers Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

3. Data and C

A Sample Program Data Variables and Constants Data: Data-Type Keywords Basic C Data Types Using Data Types Arguments and Pitfalls One More Example: Escape Sequences Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

4. Character Strings and Formatted Input/Output

Introductory Program Character Strings: An Introduction Constants and the C Preprocessor Exploring and Exploiting printf() and scanf() Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

5. Operators, Expressions, and Statements

Introducing Loops Fundamental Operators Some Additional Operators Expressions and Statements Type Conversions Function with Arguments A Sample Program Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

6. C Control Statements: Looping

Revisiting the while Loop The while Statement Which Is Bigger: Using Relational Operators and Expressions Indefinite Loops and Counting Loops The for Loop More Assignment Operators: +=, -=, *=, /=, %= The Comma Operator An Exit-Condition Loop: do while Which Loop? Nested Loops Introducing Arrays A Loop Example Using a Function Return Value Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

7. C Control Statements: Branching and Jumps

The if Statement Adding else to the if Statement Let’s Get Logical A Word-Count Program The Conditional Operator: ?: Loop Aids: continue and break Multiple Choice: switch and break The goto Statement Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

8. Character Input/Output and Input Validation

Single-Character I/O: getchar() and putchar() Buffers Terminating Keyboard Input Redirection and Files Creating a Friendlier User Interface Input Validation Menu Browsing Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

9. Functions

Reviewing Functions ANSI C Function Prototyping Recursion Compiling Programs with Two or More Source Code Files Finding Addresses: The & Operator Altering Variables in the Calling Function Pointers: A First Look Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

10. Arrays and Pointers

Arrays Multidimensional Arrays Pointers and Arrays Functions, Arrays, and Pointers Pointer Operations Protecting Array Contents Pointers and Multidimensional Arrays Variable-Length Arrays (VLAs) Compound Literals Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

11. Character Strings and String Functions

Representing Strings and String I/O String Input String Output The Do-It-Yourself Option String Functions A String Example: Sorting Strings The ctype.h Character Functions and Strings Command-Line Arguments String-to-Number Conversions Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

12. Storage Classes, Linkage, and Memory Management

Storage Classes A Random-Number Function and a Static Variable Roll ’Em Allocated Memory: malloc() and free() ANSI C Type Qualifiers Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

13. File Input/Output

Communicating with Files Standard I/O A Simple-Minded File-Condensing Program File I/O: fprintf(), fscanf(), fgets(), and fputs() Adventures in Random Access: fseek() and ftell() Behind the Scenes with Standard I/O Other Standard I/O Functions Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

14. Structures and Other Data Forms

Sample Problem: Creating an Inventory of Books Setting Up the Structure Declaration Defining a Structure Variable Arrays of Structures Nested Structures Pointers to Structures Telling Functions About Structures Saving the Structure Contents in a File Structures: What Next? Unions: A Quick Look Enumerated Types typedef: A Quick Look Fancy Declarations Functions and Pointers Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

15. Bit Fiddling

Binary Numbers, Bits, and Bytes Other Number Bases C’s Bitwise Operators Bit Fields Alignment Features (C11) Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

16. The C Preprocessor and the C Library

First Steps in Translating a Program Manifest Constants: #define Using Arguments with #define Macro or Function? File Inclusion: #include Other Directives Inline Functions (C99) _Noreturn Functions (C11) The C Library The Math Library The General Utilities Library The Assert Library memcpy() and memmove() from the string.h Library Variable Arguments: stdarg.h Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

17. Advanced Data Representation

Exploring Data Representation Beyond the Array to the Linked List Abstract Data Types (ADTs) Getting Queued with an ADT Simulating with a Queue The Linked List Versus the Array Binary Search Trees Other Directions Key Concepts Summary Review Questions Programming Exercises

Appendixes

A. Answers to the Review Questions

Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 1 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 2 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 3 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 4 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 5 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 6 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 7 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 8 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 9 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 10 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 11 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 12 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 13 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 14 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 15 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 16 Answers to Review Questions for Chapter 17

B. Reference Section

Section I: Additional Reading Section II: C Operators Section III: Basic Types and Storage Classes Section IV: Expressions, Statements, and Program Flow Section V: The Standard ANSI C Library with C99 and C11 Additions Section VI: Extended Integer Types Section VII: Expanded Character Support Section VIII: C99/C11 Numeric Computational Enhancements Section IX: Differences Between C and C++

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