Modern C for absolute beginners : a friendly introduction to the C programming language

Dmitrović, Slobodan

Modern C for absolute beginners : a friendly introduction to the C programming language Slobodan Dmitrović (Author) - Berkeley, CA Apress 2021 - xix, 346 pages 30 cm

Part I: The C Programming Language. Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Our First Program
Chapter 3: Types and Declarations
Chapter 4: Exercises
Chapter 5: Operators
Chapter 6: Expressions
Chapter 7: Statements
Chapter 8: Exercises
Chapter 9: Arrays
Chapter 10: Pointers
Chapter 11: Command-line Arguments
Chapter 12: Exercises
Chapter 13: Functions
Chapter 14: Exercises
Chapter 15: Structures
Chapter 16: Unions
Chapter 17: Conditional Expression
Chapter 18: Typedef
Chapter 19: Const Qualifier
Chapter 20: Enumerations
Chapter 21: Function Pointers
Chapter 22: Exercises
Chapter 23: Preprocessor
Chapter 24: Exercises
Chapter 25: Dynamic Memory Allocation
Chapter 26: Storage and Scope
Chapter 27: Exercises
Chapter 28: Standard Input and Output
Chapter 29: File Input and Output
Chapter 30: Exercises
Chapter 31: Header and Source Files
Part II: The C Standard Library. Chapter 32: Introduction to C Standard Library
Part III: Modern C Standards. Chapter 33: Introduction to C 11 Standards
Chapter 34: The C 17 Standard
Chapter 35: The Upcoming C2X Standard
Part IV: Dos and Don'ts. Chapter 36: Do Not Use the gets Function
Chapter 37: Initialize Variables Before Using Them
Chapter 38: Do Not Read Out of Bounds
Chapter 39: Do Not Free the Allocated Memory Twice
Chapter 40: Do Not Cast the Result of malloc
Chapter 41: Do Not Overflow a Signed Integer
Chapter 42: Cast a Pointer to void* When Printing Through printf
Chapter 43: Do Not Divide by Zero
Chapter 44: Where to Use Pointers?
Chapter 45: Prefer Functions to Function-like Macros
Chapter 46: Static Global Names
Chapter 47: What to Put in Header Files?
Part V: Appendices. Appendix A: Linkage
Appendix B: Time and Date
Appendix C: Bitwise Operators
Appendix D: Numeric Limits
Appendix E: Summary and Advice


Learn the C programming language easily and in a straightforward way. This book teaches the basics of C, the C Standard Library, and modern C standards. No previous programming experience is required. C is a language that is as popular today as it was decades ago. C covers a wide variety of domains. It can be used to program a microcontroller, or to develop an entire operating system. This book is an effort to introduce the reader to the C programming language in a concise and easy to follow manner. The author takes you through the C programming language, the Standard Library, and the C standards basics. Each chapter is the right balance of theory and code examples. After reading and using this book, you'll have the essentials to start programming in modern C. What You Will Learn The C programming language fundamentals The C Standard Library fundamentals New C Standards features The basics of types, operators, statements, arrays, functions, and structs The basics of pointers, memory allocation, and memory manipulation Take advantage of best practices in C Who This Book Is For Beginner or novice programmers who wish to learn the C programming language. No prior programming experience is required.

9781484266427


C (Computer program language)
Computer programming

005.133 DMI