Learn the basics of C, the C standard library, and modern C standards. Complete with modern, up-to-date examples and screenshots, this new edition is fully updated and reworked with the latest C23 standards and features.
C is a language that is as popular today as it was decades ago. It can be used to program a microcontroller or to develop an entire operating system. Author Slobodan Dmitrovic takes you on a journey through the C programming language, the standard library, and the C standards basics. Each chapter is the right balance of theory and code examples.
Written in a concise and easy-to-follow manner, this book will provide you all the essentials needed to start programming in modern C.
What You Will Learn
- Understand C programming language and C standard library fundamentals
- Work with new C standards features
- Study the basics of types, operators, statements, arrays, functions, and structs
- Review the fundamentals 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
