C, from theory to practice / George S Tselikis and Nikolaos D Tselikas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tselikis, George S., author.

Tselikas, Nikolaos D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

C (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2017.

Summary:

"This easy-to-use, classroom-tested textbook covers the C programming language for computer science and IT students. Designed for a compulsory fundamental course, it presents the theory and principles of C. More than 500 exercises and examples of progressive difficulty aid students in understanding all the aspects and peculiarities of the C language. The exercises test students on various levels of programming and the examples enhance their concrete understanding of programming know-how. Instructor's manual and PowerPoint slides are available upon qualifying course adoption"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; About the Authors ; Chapter 1: Introduction to C ; History of C ; The ANSI Standard ; Advantages of C ; Disadvantages of C ; C Program Life Cycle ; Writing a C Program ; Our First C Program ; The #include Directive ; The main() Function ; Comments ; Compilation ; Common Errors ; Linking ; Run the Program ; Chapter 2: Data Types, Variables, and Data Output ; Variables ; Naming Variables ; Declaring Variables ; Assignment of Values and Constants ; Arithmetic Conversions ; Type Qualifiers.

The #define Directive The printf() Function ; Escape Sequences ; Conversion Specifications ; Return Value ; Printing Variables ; Optional Fields ; Precision ; Field Width ; Prefix ; Flags ; Exercises ; Unsolved Exercises ; Chapter 3: Getting Input with scanf() ; The scanf() Function ; Use of Ordinary Characters ; Return Value ; Exercises ; Unsolved Exercises ; Chapter 4: Operators ; The = Assignment Operator ; Arithmetic Operators ; The ++ and

Operators ; Relational Operators ; Exercises ; Compound Assignment Operators ; Logical Operators ; The! Operator ; The & & Operator.

The continue Statement Exercises ; Nested Loops ; Exercises ; The while Statement ; Exercises ; The do-while Statement ; Exercises ; The goto Statement ; Unsolved Exercises ; Chapter 7: Arrays ; One-Dimensional Arrays ; Declaring Arrays ; Accessing Array Elements ; Array Initialization ; Exercises ; Two-Dimensional Arrays ; Declaring Arrays ; Accessing Array Elements ; Array Initialization ; Exercises ; Unsolved Exercises ; Chapter 8: Pointers ; Pointers and Memory ; Pointer Declaration ; Pointer Initialization ; Null Pointers ; Using a Pointer ; Exercises ; The void* Pointer.

Use of const Qualifier Pointer Arithmetic ; Pointers and Integers ; Subtracting and Comparing Pointers ; Exercises ; Pointers and Arrays ; Exercises ; Array of Pointers ; Exercises ; Pointer to Pointer ; Exercises ; Pointers and Two-Dimensional Arrays ; Exercises ; Pointer to Function ; Array of Pointers to Functions ; Unsolved Exercises ; Chapter 9: Characters ; The char Type ; Exercises ; The getchar() and putchar() Functions ; Exercises ; Chapter 10: Strings ; String Literals ; Storing Strings ; Exercise ; Writing Strings ; Exercises ; Pointers and String Literals ; Exercises.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-315-20624-2

1-351-79643-7

9781315206240

OCLC:

992167602