Product Overview
Updated for C11
Write powerful C programsa?|without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to get comfortable with C, one incredibly clear and easy step at a time. Youa??ll learn all the basics: how to organize programs, store and display data, work with variables, operators, I/O, pointers, arrays, functions, and much more. C programming has neverbeen this simple!
Who knew how simple C programming could be?
This is todaya??s best beginnera??s guide to writing C programsa??and to learning skills you can use with practically any language. Its simple, practical instructions will help you start creating useful, reliable C code, from games to mobile apps. Plus, ita??s fully updated for the new C11 standard and todaya??s free, open source tools! Herea??s a small sample of what youa??ll learn:
a? Discover free C programming tools for Windows, OS X, or Linux
a? Understand the parts of a C program and how they fit together
a? Generate output and display it on the screen
a? Interact with users and respond to their input
a? Make the most of variables by using assignments and expressions
a? Control programs by testing data and using logical operators
a? Save time and effort by using loops and other techniques
a? Build powerful data-entry routines with simple built-in functions
a? Manipulate text with strings
a? Store information, so ita??s easy to access and use
a? Manage your data with arrays, pointers, and data structures
a? Use functions to make programs easier to write and maintain
a? Let C handle all your programa??s math for you
a? Handle your computera??s memory as efficiently as possible
a? Make programs more powerful with preprocessing directives
