Nath Dey K., Bandyopadhyay S.K. C Programming Essentials

New Delhi: Pearson, 2010. — 292 p.C Programming Essentials
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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 OverviewNew 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 QualifiersNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
Control
The if Statement
The switch Statement
The for Statement
The while Statement
The do-while Statement
The dreak and cntinue Statement
The Infamous gotoNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
Functions and RecursionFunction 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 FunctionsNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
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 ArraysNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
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 IssuesNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
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 FieldsNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
File Access and ProcessingOpening and Closing a Disc File
Character Input/Output
Error-Handling
Reading and Writing a File in Convenient Chunks
File PositioningNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
The C Preprocessor
Macro Substitution
File Inclusion
Conditional Compilation
Additional Directives
Predefined Preprocessor Identifiers
ANSI Standard Header filesNew Terminology Checklist
Exercises
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 ProblemsBack Cover