Modern C for Absolute Beginners A Friendly Introduction to the C Programming Language

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...

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Main Author: Dmitrović, Slobodan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA Apress 2024, 2024
Edition:2nd ed. 2024
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 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 
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520 |a 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 Dmitrović 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. You will: 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.