C programming essentials

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dey, K. N, Author.

Contributor:

Bandyopadhya?a, Sailesakumara, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

C (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 274 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Pearson Education India 2010

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"The book demonstrates key techniques that make C effective and focuses on fundamental concepts for mastery. An introduction to C99 is also provided."--Resource description page.

Contents:

Cover

C Programming Essentials

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Software

Systems Software

Application Software

Program Development Process

Algorithms

Analysis of Algorithms

Flowcharts

Programming Language Classifications

Programming Techniques

Structured Programming Constructs

History of C Language

C Language Overview

Summary

New Terminology Checklist

Exercises

The Foundation of C

Memory and Storage

C Character Set

C Keywords

Whitespaces in C

Data Types

C Constants

Variables

A Peek at Functions

Useful Identifier-Naming Conventions

Type-Declaration Statements

Operators

Operator Precedence

Type Conversion in Expressions

Type Conversion in Assignments

Comments

Functions Revisited

Putting it Together

Some Standard Library I/O Functions

Scope of Identifiers

Storage Classes

Storage Type Qualifiers

Control

The if Statement

The switch Statement

The for Statement

The while Statement

The do-while Statement

The dreak and cntinue Statement

The Infamous goto

Functions and Recursion

Function Arguments

The return Statement Revisited

Call-By-Value

Stacks in Function Calls

Recursion

Towers of Hanoi-Case Study of Recursion

Efficiency Considerations for Use of Functions

Arrays

Need for Arrays

Single-Dimensional Arrays

Single-Dimensional Array Initialization

Multi-Dimensional Arrays

Matrices

Row-Major and Column-Major Order

Single-Dimensional Character Arrays

Initialization of Strings

gets( ) and puts( )

sscanf( ) and sprintf( )

String Functions

Two-Dimensional Character Arrays.

Summary

Pointers

Defining a Pointer

Scalars for Pointers

Pointer Assignments and Expressions

Pointer Comparison

Passing Pointers to Functions

Pointers and Arrays-Pointer Arithmetic

Pointers and Two-Dimensional Arrays

Arrays of Pointers

Pointers to Pointers

Pointers to Functions

Command-Line Arguments

Other Pointer Issues

User-Defined Data Types

Structures

Declaring a Structure

Defining a Structure Variable

Initializing and Referencing Structure Members

Nesting of Structures

Operations on Structures

Pointers to Structures

Structures and Functions

Arrays of Structures

Self-Referential Structures

Unions

Enumerated Data Types

Typedef

Bit Fields

File Access and Processing

Opening and Closing a Disc File

Character Input/Output

Error-Handling

Reading and Writing a File in Convenient Chunks

File Positioning

The C Preprocessor

Macro Substitution

File Inclusion

Conditional Compilation

Additional Directives

Predefined Preprocessor Identifiers

ANSI Standard Header files

Common Errorsin C

More on Bitwise Operators in C

Some Useful Functions from stdlib.h

Creating Static Library with gcc

C99-A Brief Introduction

Practice Problems

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612652257

9781282652255

1282652257

9788131742068

8131742067

OCLC:

699852574